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Lightning strike kills 2 teenage girls in central Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbian state television says two teenage girls have been killed by a lightning strike in the centre of the country.

The TV said Tuesday that the accident happened in the town of Aleksandrovac during a spate of stormy weather that hit central and western Serbia on Monday.

The girls were walking home after spending the day at a local swimming pool when the lightning struck. Serbian TV says one of the girls died on the spot while the other died a little later at the local medical centre.

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