Youths killed in soccer lightening strike
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Officials in Cambodia say a lightning bolt has killed three soccer players, and put three others in hospital, at a match played during a thunder storm.
Cambodia Soccer Federation President Sao Sokha says the victims were all in their 20s and were taking part in a tournament organised by the government to introduce the game to youngsters.
Monday's freak incident prompted a warning to players and coaches not to take to the field while thunderclouds loomed overhead - an almost daily occurence in the May-October rainy season.
Sao Sokha says the federation wants children to play the game, but they should not do so during bad weather.
The National Disaster Committee says 40 people have been killed nationwide by lightning so far this year, nearly as many as the total killed for the whole of 2007.
