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 late Friday 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.
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