Twenty-one students of the Madinatul Ulum Madrassah in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur were injured by a lightning strike on Monday. 11 of them have been hospitalised.

The hospitalised students are — Hossain, Samiul, Mujahid, Rezaul, Oliullah, Mustakim, Sajim, Maruf, Abdur Rahman, Riyad, and Bayezid.

According to Maolana Keramot Ali, the mohtamim (trustee) of the madrassah, as evening fell amid rain on Monday, a thunderbolt struck the courtyard of the madrassah.

At the time, some 21 students, all third-graders at the Nurani section of the school, who were enjoying the cool shower from the madrasaah building’s balcony, were injured.

Fellow students and teachers rushed all 21 of them to the Nagarkanda Upazila Health Complex, where 10 were released after primary treatment.

The rest are undergoing treatment.