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A family of six has been injured by a lightning strike in a park in the northern German city of Delmenhorst to the west of Bremen. Two of the injured are in critical condition, a police spokeswoman said on Sunday. The family – one adult as well as five children and teenagers – had been sitting under a tree in the city’s Graftwiesen Park when it was struck by lightning in the afternoon. During the rescue operation, a child and a teenager were resuscitated. All six family members were taken to hospital.

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