9 hurt at music event north of Tokyo following lightning strike

Nine people were injured during a music event north of Tokyo on Sunday, with some taken to hospital, following a lightning strike, police said.The nine, who were cleaning staff at the open air concert and aged from their teens to their 20s, complained of numbness in their legs, but their conditions were not life-threatening, the police said.The incident at the Berry Ten Live occurred around 4:20 p.m. at an athletic ground in a park in Moka, Tochigi Prefecture amid heavy rain. Performances, which began at 10 a.m., were halted around 4:30 p.m. due to the bad weather.Earlier in the day, the Ja…READ FULL ARTICLE