Cox’s Bazar: Three labourers were killed by a lightning strike when they were working in a salt field at Maghdail in Matarbari union of Maheshkhali upazila on Tuesday, reports UNB.

Of the deceased, two are Habibullah, 40, and Kapil Uddin, 32, while identity of the other could not be known yet.

Matarbari union chairman Enamul Haque Ruhul said a streak of thunderbolt struck them while the trio was working in a salt field at about 8:00am, leaving them dead on the spot.