When Lightning Strikes...

I'm told that southern Africa has an unusually high number of lightning strikes. In October 1998, an entire soccer team was killed by lighting in a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When the lightning bolt struck, all 11 members of the Bena Tshadi team were killed instantly, and 30 spectators sustained burns. The team had been tied 1-1 with their opponents from nearby Basanga. None of the Basanga team members were scathed in the least.

Local superstition states that lighting is cause by witchcraft.