US EditionRwanda: Ngoma - Nine Dead, Six Injured in Lightning Incident
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Lightning strike kills 9, injures 6 in eastern Rwanda
At least nine people were killed and six others injured after a lightning strike hit a group of civilians in eastern Rwanda, local authorities confirmed. The incident occurred on Sunday evening in the Jarama area of Ngoma District, located in Rwanda's Eastern Province. According to local reports, the victims were among a group of farmers who had gathered after working in nearby fields and sought shelter as heavy rain began. Eastern Province Gove…
Ngoma: Nine dead, six injured in lightning incident
Nine people were killed and six others injured after lightning struck a group of farmers sheltering from the rain in Jarama Sector, Ngoma District. The incident occurred on Sunday, January 4, at around 5.30pm as the victims were cultivating in in Jarama Wetland when heavy rain began, prompting them to seek shelter in a nearby house used by port guards at Mbuye harbour, according to the Governor of Eastern Province, Prudence Rubingisa. “The light…
Nine people in Ngoma District, Jarama Sector, were killed and six others injured when they were struck by lightning after they had left their fields. This happened on Sunday, January 4, 2026, in the evening. The Governor of the Eastern Province, Rubingisa Pudence, said that those struck by lightning were in the Jarama Swamp, working and sheltering in the houses of the port guards. He said, “That is where the lightning struck them, they were work…
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