Srinagar, Aug 30: At least three persons received injuries after a lightning struck a human habitation in Kona Gabra area in Karnah of north-Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday evening, an official said.

Identifying the injured as; 20-year-old Shakeel Ahmad Jatla son of Mohammad Shafi Jatla, 21-year-old Sajad Ahmad Paswal son Mohammad Shafi Paswal and 18-year-old Mohammad Aamir Paswal son of Nazir Ahmad Paswal, all residents of Gabra, the official told GNS that all of them were immediately removed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

It has been learnt from the hospital that all the three are stable and responding well to the treatment, the official further said. gns