Tragedy hit a wedding event as not less than 17 guests have been killed by lightning while fourteen others were injured. According to the BBC, the sad incident occurred in Bangladesh but the bride was safe because she was not with the wedding party at the time of the lightning. The news outlet reported that the party was disembarking from a boat at the riverside town of Shibganj, heading towards the bride’s house, when they were caught in a thunderstorm. Several bolts of lightning hit the group, turning the joyful event into a tragicomic one. Lightning-related killings across South Asia