Footballer killed by lightning strike during match 

A footballer has been killed after being struck by lightning whilst playing in Indonesia. Shocking video captured the moment Septain Raharja, 35, collapsed at Siliwangi Stadium in Bandung, West Java on Saturday afternoon (February 10).

Raharja was playing in a friendly football match between 2 FLO FC Bandung and FBI Subang, when lightning struck him at around 4.20pm local time. According to local media, PRFM News, he was still breathing after the incident and was rushed to a local hospital, but died after suffering intense burns.

According to reports by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the cloud the lightning came from was just 300m above the stadium when it struck.