<p>Three boys were killed and four suffered injuries when lightning struck them in Giddenahalli at Marle on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The dead are Lathish (14), Basavaraju (12) and Prasanna (13). The injured, Kiran, Mahendra, Krishnamurthy and Ishwara, have been admitted to a hospital. <br /><br />The lightning struck a tree under which the children were playing, sources said. A coconut palm was uprooted on Rathnagiri Road and the pandals erected for BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s election rally collapsed due to heavy rain in Chikmagalur.</p>
<p>Three boys were killed and four suffered injuries when lightning struck them in Giddenahalli at Marle on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The dead are Lathish (14), Basavaraju (12) and Prasanna (13). The injured, Kiran, Mahendra, Krishnamurthy and Ishwara, have been admitted to a hospital. <br /><br />The lightning struck a tree under which the children were playing, sources said. A coconut palm was uprooted on Rathnagiri Road and the pandals erected for BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s election rally collapsed due to heavy rain in Chikmagalur.</p>