Lightning strike kills 16 in church

KIGALI, Rwanda — At least 16 people were killed in Rwanda and 140 others injured when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in the country’s south Saturday, a provincial governor said.

Two of the injured churchgoers were hospitalized in serious condition, said Rose Mureshyankwano. She said 15 others remained hospitalized; the rest were sent home.

A similar incident occurred in Rwanda on Friday when lightning struck a group of 18 students, killing one. In October, lightning killed 18 people around the country. Lightning strikes are frequent in Rwanda, which has many hills and mountains. Lightning killed 30 people, injured 61 and killed 48 livestock in 2016, the most recent year with full figures, according to Rwanda’s Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs. before votes are cast in a closely watched congressional election drew a visit by Donald Trump Jr. and lots of door-knocking all over the southwestern Pennsylvania district, where polls show a close race.

President Donald Trump tweeted about “steel and business” in a final push to sway voters, and his son visited a candy-making business, where he touted Republican Rick Saccone as someone who will be “helping fight with my father” for jobs to come back from abroad.

Saccone, a 60-year-old member of the state House, has struggled with an electorate that favored Trump by nearly 20 percentage points just 16 months ago. His opponent, 33-year-old Conor Lamb, pitches himself as an independent-minded Democrat.

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