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3 killed in lightning strike at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat UNESCO site

BANGKOK: Three people were killed and several others injured when they were struck by lightning while visiting Cambodia’s famous Angkor Wat temple complex.

They had been seeking shelter around the main temple of the UNESCO site when the lightning struck on late Friday (May 16) afternoon.

Video posted on social media showed two ambulances arriving in the aftermath and onlookers and site officials carrying out some injured people and helping others out on foot. Other images showed multiple people being treated in the hospital.

The day after the incident, Cambodia’s Minister of Tourism Hout Hak issued a statement telling people to take down online posts about it, saying the spreading of “negative information” could harm the country’s tourism sector.

The Cambodian Red Cross also posted an update saying it had delivered care packages to the families of two of the victims, a 34-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman. The Red Cross refused to comment further by phone.

A spokesman for the Angkor Wat site did not respond to requests for comment, nor did a regional health official.

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