Lightning injures at least 13 in Czech town

Prague: A lightning bolt that hit a tree in a castle park injured at least 13 people in the northern Czech Republic on Sunday, a local hospital and re...

Prague: A lightning bolt that hit a tree in a castle park injured at least 13 people in the northern Czech Republic on Sunday, a local hospital and rescuers said.

The strike occurred in the Liberec-Vratislavice castle park about 90 kilometres (55 miles) northeast of the capital Prague on Sunday afternoon.

"As far as I know, the lightning injured five children and eight adults," Vaclav Ricar, spokesman for the Liberec hospital, told AFP.

"I was told that of the eight adults, five had to undergo resuscitation," he said, adding that the injured were on their way to the hospital.

Local firefighters said on X that the lightning "struck a tree under which there were people".