Man, Camel Fatally Struck by Lightning

MADINAH, 28 September 2006 — An Asian worker was apparently struck by a thunderbolt and killed while riding on a camel in a remote desert location in Abyar Al-Mashi, 27 km to the south of Madinah, on Monday. The worker had gone looking for cattle that had wandered into the desert. When he did not return in the evening, his employer suspected that the laborer might have met with some disaster and alerted the civil defense. Authorities found both the man and the camel dead, apparently the result of a lightning bolt, Al-Watan reported yesterday.