Godda (Jharkhand), July 31 (PTI): Two children were today killed when lightning struck on them at Bhatonda village in Godda, police said.

Taking her small brother in her arms, an eight-year-old girl was walking across a paddy field to reach her mother when the thunderbolt hit them, the police sources said here.

The lightning was followed by a downpour.

With this incident, death by lightning rose to six during the past fortnight in the district.