PESHAWAR: Lightning killed two persons and injured seven others separately in the provincial metropolis on Sunday evening, rescuers and police said.

Those died were identified as Idress Khan of Akhtarabad Charsadda Road, and Atta-ur-Rehman of Masizo village in limits of Badbher police station.

According to a spokesman of Rescue Services 1122, lightning struck participants of a kabadi match at Hazarkhwani, causing burn injuries to players and spectators. The injured were taken to Lady Reading Hospital where Atta-ur-Rehman succumbed to his wounds.

Similarly, the other victim, Idress Khan of Sher Jhangi area, was struck by lightning while on way home. The local people shifted him to the LRH but doctors pronounced him as dead.

Both the victims were stated to be young.

The injured were identified as Jahanzeb, Akhtar Munir, Izat Gul, Sanaullah, Alladad Khan, Usman Khan and Zakirullah. They belonged to different areas of Peshawar district.

A hospital source said that the injured were stable and might be discharged within a couple of days. An official at the Met Office said that Peshawar valley received 1.0 millimeter rain while there was chance of rain in different districts, including Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi and Charsadda districts.-Bureau Report