Five people were killed by lightning in separate incidents in the Eastern Cape, police said on Thursday.
Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said two people were killed at Elliotdale, two at Mquanduli and one at Engcobo, all during the same storm on Wednesday.
"There were all inside their huts when the lightning struck them. The weather was very, very bad."
A man, aged 43, and a woman, aged 40, were killed at Elliotdale. A 90-year-old man and a 60-year-old man were killed at Mquanduli. The man who died at Engcobo was 35-years-old. - Sapa
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