Missan, Jun 3, (VOI) – The Sadr public hospital in al-Amara received three bodies of civilians killed by a thunderbolt southwest of the city on Tuesday, a hospital medic said."The Sadr hospital morgue received on Tuesday three bodies of people struck by a thunderbolt in al-Haddam area, the district of al-Salam, (45 km) southwest of al-Amara," the source, who did not want his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
"These incidents occur in remote farmlands due to the lack of shields against thunderbolts in those areas," the source said.
Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad.