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Lightning strikes 50 police recruits in Zimbabwe
21 Oct 2014 at 09:07hrs | Views
FIFTEEN police recruits were reportedly injured when they were struck by a bolt of lightning during a shooting exercise at Lowdale Training Centre in Shamva, last Thursday.
While the official figures indicate that there were 50 recruits, and three were injured, impeccable police sources at Morris Depot, said there were 60 recruits and 15 of them were injured, eight of them seriously.
The sources said of the eight seriously injured, six were still admitted at Morris Depot Camp Clinic by yesterday, while two were at Parirenyatwa Hospital.
The sources said the bolt of lightning struck while the recruits were on a shooting exercise.
Police spokesperson, Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi, yesterday said that all the affected recruits had since resumed their training.
"Three recruits sustained minor injuries and were taken to Parirenyatwa Hospital for further management," he said.
"They were admitted for two days, and later discharged."
Chief Supt Nyathi said the whole group was safe and had since resumed training.
The police sources said the incident, involving the recruits from Morris Depot, occurred between 6 and 7pm and the 15 injured were all female.
The number of instructors, who were accompanying the recruits, could not be established, but seven of the recruits were examined and discharged after their degree of injuries was said to be minor.
While the official figures indicate that there were 50 recruits, and three were injured, impeccable police sources at Morris Depot, said there were 60 recruits and 15 of them were injured, eight of them seriously.
The sources said of the eight seriously injured, six were still admitted at Morris Depot Camp Clinic by yesterday, while two were at Parirenyatwa Hospital.
The sources said the bolt of lightning struck while the recruits were on a shooting exercise.
Police spokesperson, Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi, yesterday said that all the affected recruits had since resumed their training.
"Three recruits sustained minor injuries and were taken to Parirenyatwa Hospital for further management," he said.
"They were admitted for two days, and later discharged."
Chief Supt Nyathi said the whole group was safe and had since resumed training.
The police sources said the incident, involving the recruits from Morris Depot, occurred between 6 and 7pm and the 15 injured were all female.
The number of instructors, who were accompanying the recruits, could not be established, but seven of the recruits were examined and discharged after their degree of injuries was said to be minor.
Source - chronicle
