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 by AFP Staff Writers Harare (AFP) Nov 23, 2021
A lighting bolt struck and wounded 13 male prisoners while they were having lunch at a jail in northwestern Zimbabwe, an official said Tuesday. Deputy spokesman for the prison services Peter Chaparanganda told AFP that the incident occurred on Friday at the jail in the town of Hwange. "The inmates were inside the prison yard," when the lightning struck at around 11:30 am (0930 GMT), he said. The group was taken to hospital where "four of them were reported to be serious while the other nine were reported to be stable," Chaparanganda added. Lightning accompanying summer thunderstorms is a common occurence and responsible for several deaths each year in Zimbabwe.
Three dead in Algeria landslide after heavy rain Algiers (AFP) Nov 11, 2021 Three people died Thursday when a residential block collapsed in a landslide in Algiers, emergency services said, bringing to six the death toll this week in heavy rains in the Algerian capital. A 17-year-old boy and two men were killed before dawn in the collapse of the "precarious" building in the Rais Hamidou district of northern Algiers, the fire and rescue service said. "Rescuers are still searching for other possible victims," it said in a statement. Two men and a woman died when their ... read more
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