Man, 31, killed by lightning strike in N Kazakhstan rgn

PATROPAVLOVSK. KAZINFORM – A man and his horse were killed by a lightning strike in North Kazkahstan region, Kazinform cites Polisia.kz.

The duty unit of the Akkaiynskiy district police department said it received a call about the deaths of a man and the horse he was riding. The bodies of the diseased man and his horse were found between the villages of Daiyndyk and Leninskoye, Akkaiynskiy district.

The 31-year-old man, who worked as a shepherd, died on the spot.

An investigation into the incident has been launched.