Angela Balakrishnan and agencies
guardian.co.uk
A lightning bolt killed three Cambodian football players and put three others in hospital at a match in the south-east Asian nation's capital played during a monsoon season thunderstorm, officials said today.
The president of the Cambodian Soccer Federation, Sao Sokha, told Reuters the victims, all in their 20s, were taking part in a tournament organised by the government to introduce youngsters to the game and to build the strength of the national team.
Players and coaches are now being warned not to play on fields while thunderclouds loom overhead, a regular occurrence during the May-October rainy season.
"We encourage children to play the game, but they should not do so during bad weather," Sao Sokha said.
Keo Vy, of the national disaster committee, said 40 people had been killed by lightning in Cambodia so far this year, nearly as many as the total killed for the whole of 2007.
The president of the Cambodian Soccer Federation, Sao Sokha, told Reuters the victims, all in their 20s, were taking part in a tournament organised by the government to introduce youngsters to the game and to build the strength of the national team.
Players and coaches are now being warned not to play on fields while thunderclouds loom overhead, a regular occurrence during the May-October rainy season.
"We encourage children to play the game, but they should not do so during bad weather," Sao Sokha said.
Keo Vy, of the national disaster committee, said 40 people had been killed by lightning in Cambodia so far this year, nearly as many as the total killed for the whole of 2007.
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