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Lightning Kills Five at Chinese Funeral

AP
Posted: 2007-08-14 03:35:14
Filed Under: Weird News, World News
BEIJING, Aug 14 (Aug. 14) - Lightning killed five mourners attending a Chinese funeral, state media said on Tuesday.

Lightning struck a shack a villager had built to hold Friday's wake for his dead wife in the eastern province of Jiangsu.

Three mourners were killed outright, 16 were injured and two died later in hospital, the Shanghai Daily said.

The victims were two middle-aged women, two 14-year-old boys and a four-year-old child, it added.

Lightning strikes killed 403 people across the country up to July this year -- equivalent to the entire total in 2006 -- the paper said, citing the China Meteorological Administration.

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2007-08-13 22:27:05
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chicagoc526 07:16:22 PM Aug 28 2007

DRGSTK9370 YOU ARE SICK

childofgod20051 08:31:05 PM Aug 18 2007

whoa, that shocking me, be carefull outside and be watchful

mysteriesbelieve 01:38:00 PM Aug 18 2007

Wow thats terrible luck!

moswan199 07:16:00 AM Aug 18 2007

Those people who got struck are the lucky ones. We are the ones in true h3ll being led by the devil bush.. Stuck here. That's the truth. Probably went fast...didn't even know what hit themI'll take a lightning bolt over a cardiac arrest anyday.

leonzealot 09:05:13 PM Aug 17 2007

Its sad to see someone go but to be at a funeral building and then get hit by lightning. My prayers and sympathy to these people in their time of loss.I just cherish my own time on this planet and are reminded of my mortality when things like this happen.Life is short. Leonzealot.

donna1959intx 03:19:02 PM Aug 17 2007

MY PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY. AND MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE COLD HEARTED PEOPLE ON THESE BLOGS.
AMERICA HAS TURNED INTO A HATEFUL COUNTRY, AND ITS NOT BUSHES FAULT.

ejacobek 09:10:24 PM Aug 16 2007

An unidentified state department official has reported that the Black Cat Fireworks Compamny has purchased a video of the lightening and plans to use it to launch a new line of Lightening Strikes Twice Sky Rockets.
An Unidentified Chinese Official denied the sale saying it was just US political leaders shooting their mouths off.

ejacobek 09:10:23 PM Aug 16 2007

An unidentified state department official has reported that the Black Cat Fireworks Compamny has purchased a video of the lightening and plans to use it to launch a new line of Lightening Strikes Twice Sky Rockets.
An Unidentified Chinese Official denied the sale saying it was just US political leaders shooting their mouths off.

ejacobek 09:10:23 PM Aug 16 2007

An unidentified state department official has reported that the Black Cat Fireworks Compamny has purchased a video of the lightening and plans to use it to launch a new line of Lightening Strikes Twice Sky Rockets.
An Unidentified Chinese Official denied the sale saying it was just US political leaders shooting their mouths off.

heyarnieo 01:11:00 AM Aug 16 2007

Zetia ? most everything wrong with this world today IS! Bushs fault.Most believe that he was teethed on the workings of chairman Mauo

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