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BANGKOK, May 23 (Xinhua) -- One pupil was killed and 29 pupils and teachers were injured after lightning hit a school in Thailand's northwestern Tak province on Tuesday.
According to daily newspaper Thai Rath, the pupils and teachers of Ban Mae Klong Yai School were relaxing under a big tree outside their classroom when lightning hit the tree at about 3 p.m. local time.
The injured were rushed to a local hospital as they suffered numbness and temporary deafness.
A 12-year-old boy died of serious injury in an intensive care unit at the hospital.
