Lightning has killed four students at Kaungwe secondary school in Mponela in Dowa district.

The spokesperson in the Ministry of Education, Mr. Mphatso Nkusana, said that the accident happened yesterday evening when there was a wind and rain in the area that came with lightning.

They said one of the students is from form 3, another from form 2 while two children are form 1 students.

The head of education in Dowa, Mr. Christopher Kumikundi, said that all the students are boys, they live in the same house (self boarding), and they died soon after coming to school.

More details to come….