Three children and an adult were fighting for their lives on Saturday after they were among 11 people struck by lightning during a birthday party in a Paris park.
Another child and an adult were seriously injured, but their lives were not in danger. Five others — four children and an adult — were slightly injured.
In southern Poland a man in his forties was killed when he was struck by lightning as he descended the Babia Gora mountain, local media said.
In another freak incident 35 people were injured by a lightning bolt during a football match in Germany. The lightning struck at the end of a children's match in the town of Hoppstaedten.
The referee, who was hit directly, was rushed to hospital by helicopter. Two other adults also suffered serious injuries. Thirty children aged between nine and 11 were mildly injured and taken to hospital for tests, along with two more adults. Cont.
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