Young lovers, aged 12 and 16 at about 6pm, were killed yesterday, Monday 15th of January, 2018, by lightening.
According to reports, the deceased were in a relationship and were chatting in a maize field when rain, with thunderstorm, started. Their bodies were discovered with signs of lightning
The girl was identified as Patricia Guwe, 12, and the boy was identified as Anderson Yohane, 16. Both of them were standard 6 students at Dzenza Primary School, at Mzondo Kachimbwinda vg (ear Dzenza), TA Chitukula, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Their parents reported the matter to the police and officers visited the scene and moved their corpses to the Kamuzu Central Hospital where medics confirmed that death was caused by lightning.