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Four killed by freak lightning strike in Polish mountains

Rescue workers have said it is “extremely rare” for a single bolt of lightning to kill four people, and authorities are continuing to investigate the deaths.

FOUR PEOPLE HIKING in southern Polish mountains have been found dead after apparently being struck by lightning.

Those who died included a couple aged in their 50s, their daughter and her boyfriend. They were last seen on Wednesday, when they had gone off trail in order to search for shelter from a violent storm, the BBC reports.

Their bodies were discovered yesterday in a ravine in the Pieniny mountains.

Polish authorities are trying to establish an exact cause of death, with rescue official Mariusz Zarod telling reporters: “It is extremely rare for a single bolt of lightning to kill four people”.

The victims were all from Warsaw, Fox reports.

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