What began as a casual after-school fishing trip at an irrigation ditch turned into a tragedy when lightning struck four boys, killing one of them, Ziad Zikri Abdul Hadi, yesterday afternoon in Pasir Mas, Kelantan.

It was reported that the 14-year-old student died at the scene in Kampung Tasek Berangan before his body was brought to the Pasir Mas Hospital.

His cousin, Haziq Qayyum Rosli, 12, who was also injured in the incident, said the four of them had arrived at the paddy field at about 4pm. However, when heavy rain began, he urged Ziad and their other friends to leave.

“Ziad asked us to be patient as we had just arrived and he had only caught two fish,” Haziq was quoted as saying by Berita Harian.