Lightning strike injures several school children in Japan, one suffers heart attack

At least six school children were hospitalized after getting struck by a lightning bolt while playing football in a Japanese school on the evening of April 10.

The tragic incident occurred at the Tezukayama Gakuen Junior and Senior High School in the central Japanese city of Nara, Caliber.Az reports citing Japanese news.

At least one child has been reported to have suffered cardiopulmonary arrest according to an emergency call placed. 

About 20 students of the school's football club were reported to have been present on the field at the time of the lightning, police and the fire department said.

By Nazrin Sadigova