(4 Nov 2024)
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Palabek, northern Uganda – 3 November 2024
1. Bodies being removed from the mortuary for burial
2. Mid of locals at mortuary
3. Body being removed from the mortuary for burial
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Irene Akwero, Paluda Health Center III:
"And these are people who died on the spot and the age group of 9 to 21, the youngest being a 9-year-old girl.”
5. Wide of bodies on a pickup truck being taken for burial
6. Wide of ambulances transporting bodies for burial
7. Various of people gathered at burial site
STORYLINE:
Victims of a deadly lightning strike on a church in a refugee camp in northern Uganda were taken for burial on Sunday.
Fourteen people were in a refugee camp in northern Uganda, police said Sunday.
Irene Akwero from Paluda Health Center III said the victims ranged in age from "9 to 21, the youngest being a 9-year-old girl.”
The incident happened Saturday in the remote district of Lamwo. Police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke said 34 other people were injured.
The residents of the Palabek settlement camp, which primarily houses refugees from South Sudan, had been attending a prayer service in the makeshift metallic structure when the lighting struck.
Deadly lightning is commonly reported in this East African country during the wet seasons. Rusoke said there was no report of fire breaking out following the strike.
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