DAR ES SALAAM, March 4 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people, including five members of same family, have been killed by lightning strike in Tanzania's southern highlands region of Katavi, police said on Friday.
This brings to 14 the number of people killed by lightning strike in the east African nation's southern highlands in less than a week.
Seven farmers were killed and 14 others injured on Feb. 26 by lightning strike in the southern highlands region of Rukwa, which borders Katavi region, police said.
Katavi regional police commander Ally Makame said on Friday that five members of the same family were struck by lightning on March 2 at 10 p.m. local time while sleeping in the same room of their house in Kamsisi, a village in Mlele district.
Two others were killed by lightning strike in Milibanzi, a village in Tanganyika district, on March 3 evening, he said.
The two were struck while they were farming, Makame said. ■