Malda: Friday, after being struck by lightning during thundershowers, five people were killed and eight injured across Malda district, officials said. The police official said, two persons were killed in Harischandrapur area of the district when lightning struck them. In Chanchol, one person was killed after being struck by a bolt of lightning during a thunderstorm. Elsewhere in the district, two more deaths were reported due to the lightning, the official said. Two persons were killed in lightning in North Dinajpur district, a district official said.