Eleven people, most of them children, have been injured by lighting hits in Paris today.
Lightning struck the Parc Monceau, in the west of the French capital, during a storm the afternoon.
RTE news reports that 3 children and 1 adult are critically injured.
BBC states is believed that the children were celebrating a birthday party when a storm hit.
AFP news agency are now also reporting that 35 people have been injured after lightning as struck a football pitch in Germany. Three people are believed to be critically injured.
#BREAKING Lightning strikes German football pitch, 35 injured, 3 seriously
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 28, 2016
Breaking: Germany:
Witnesses said " The lightning came out of the sky as a complete surprise: "There was no rain and no dark skies,"— Anaglogs Daughter (@AnaglogsDaughtr) May 28, 2016
#Breaking – after Paris, lightning injures 35 people at a children's football match in western Germany. 3 serious injuries reported
— Sandy Rashty (@SandyRashty) May 28, 2016
More information to follow.
