Lightning strike injures 10 people in Germany

Lightning strike injures 10 people in Germany

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Ten people were injured, four of them seriously, when lightning struck a group on the banks of the Elbe River in Dresden, Germany, during a severe thunderstorm, with two men suffering cardiac arrest.

Ten people were injured, four of them life-threateningly, when lightning struck Dresden in eastern Germany on Monday afternoon. This is reported by Reuters, according to UNN.

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The group that was struck by lightning was on the bank of the Elbe River when a severe thunderstorm passed over the city.

A fire department spokesman says that two men suffered cardiac arrest as a result of a lightning strike.