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31 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Patuakhali

Two schoolboys were killed by lightning on Sunday at remote Alipura village under Dashmina upazila when they were returning home from their school. Shamim, 14, and Mukul, 13, were students of Alipur High School, family sources said, adding they died on the spot. After janaza prayers they were buried in their family graveyards.