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🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
National & Local

Electric shock while pressing uniform a day before board exam, student dies tragically

A 10th-grade student in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, tragically died from an electric shock while ironing his school uniform just a day before his board exams.

Feb 26 • 16:46 UTC
🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
National & Local

'I will not let you stay at the police station, pack your bags...' BJP MLA threatens SO, Video

Political turmoil escalates in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, following the electrocution death of a young man, prompting a BJP MLA to threaten a police officer in a leaked video.

Feb 26 • 12:06 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Internet company employee electrocuted during repair in Maranguape

An employee of an internet company died after being electrocuted while working on a client's network in Maranguape, Brazil.

Feb 26 • 00:05 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Elderly woman electrocuted after touching a broken wire from a pole in Paraíba

A 72-year-old woman died after being electrocuted by a fallen electric wire outside her home in Paraíba, Brazil.

Feb 25 • 14:27 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Man dies after climbing pole and suffering electric shock in Ananindeua

A man in Ananindeua, Brazil, died after being electrocuted while climbing a utility pole without safety equipment.

Feb 25 • 13:28 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Police find exposed wiring near zip line where friends died during wedding

A zip line in Bonito, Brazil, was found to have exposed wiring following the death of two friends who were electrocuted during a wedding celebration.

Feb 24 • 14:18 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

What is known about the deaths of friends who jumped from a zip line during a wedding in MS

Two friends died during a wedding event in Bonito, MS, allegedly due to electrocution while using a zip line, prompting an investigation by the local police.

Feb 24 • 08:00 UTC
🌍 AllAfrica
National & Local

Kenya: 57-Year-Old Man Dies After Electrocution From Clothesline in Kariobangi North

A 57-year-old man from Kariobangi North, Kenya, died after being electrocuted while removing clothes from a drying line.

Feb 23 • 19:07 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Woman dies after being electrocuted while hanging clothes on the clothesline in Itumbiara

A 54-year-old woman died in Itumbiara, Brazil, after being electrocuted while hanging laundry.

Feb 23 • 15:44 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Mum's tragic final words to son minutes before he was electrocuted to death

A mother shares her heartbreaking final conversation with her son before he was electrocuted while jogging in Cumbria.

Feb 21 • 05:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

76-year-old man dies after being electrocuted while handling a water pump in Acre

Raimundo Cardoso dos Santos, a 76-year-old from Brasiléia, Brazil, died from an electric shock while operating a water pump.

Feb 19 • 23:40 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

63-year-old man dies electrocuted while working on excavator in MT

A 63-year-old man named Juraci Pereira died from electric shock while working on an excavator in Sorriso, Brazil, after the machine touched a high-voltage wire.

Feb 19 • 21:54 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
Crime & Justice

Double tragedy in Vari: Two workers dead from electrocution

Two workers tragically lost their lives due to electrocution while performing renovation work in Vari, Greece.

Feb 18 • 18:01 UTC
🇬🇷 To Vima
National & Local

Tragedy with two dead from electrocution in Vari

Two young men from Evia died tragically from electrocution in Vari, Athens, under unclear circumstances.

Feb 18 • 16:38 UTC
🇬🇷 To Vima
National & Local

Tragedy with two dead from electrocution in Evia

Two young men tragically died from electrocution in Evia after an incident in Athens under unclear circumstances.

Feb 18 • 16:38 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Teenager electrocuted by washing machine in Vitória de Santo Antão

A 17-year-old girl died from an electric shock caused by a washing machine in her home in Vitória de Santo Antão, Brazil.

Feb 18 • 12:00 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
Crime & Justice

Two Arrested After a Young Man is Electrocuted in Burgos for Entering a Wind Turbine as Part of a Dare

Two individuals have been arrested in Burgos, Spain, after a 23-year-old man died from electrocution while attempting to enter a wind turbine as part of a dare.

Feb 17 • 11:01 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Who was the 18-year-old young man electrocuted after hitting a fallen high-tension cable on the street in SC

An 18-year-old motorcyclist named Andrei Juliano Mannchen was electrocuted after colliding with a fallen high-tension cable in Blumenau, Brazil, during a storm.

Feb 16 • 12:51 UTC
🇳🇬 Punch
National & Local

Food vendor dies inside UNILAG campus

A food vendor named Lekan died from electrocution while washing his hands at the University of Lagos campus.

Feb 16 • 01:48 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Man dies electrocuted while trying to reconnect electricity in a post in southern ES

A 32-year-old man died after being electrocuted while attempting to reconnect electricity at his home in southern Espírito Santo, Brazil.

Feb 15 • 19:03 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Friend was electrocuted while trying to save a 17-year-old boy who died from electrocution in Piauí

A 17-year-old, Gustavo Winicios Sampaio de Sousa, died from electrocution while attempting to catch a chicken in Piauí, and his friend was also shocked trying to rescue him.

Feb 15 • 15:30 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Man dies on top of tree after being electrocuted in Simão Dias

A 62-year-old man tragically died after being electrocuted while handling electrical wires on a tree in Simão Dias, Brazil.

Feb 14 • 20:05 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

17-year-old dies electrocuted after touching a wire while trying to catch a chicken in PI

A 17-year-old boy died after being electrocuted in his yard while attempting to catch a chicken in Jatobá do Piauí, Brazil.

Feb 14 • 19:53 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Man dies after being electrocuted by high voltage and falling from 10 meters in MS

A man died after being hospitalized due to complications from an accident where he was electrocuted and fell from a height of about 10 meters.

Feb 13 • 10:47 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Man's funeral interrupted after police request in RS

The funeral of 21-year-old Jeferson Rodrigues Führ was halted by police in Brazil to conduct a necropsy after his electrocution death.

Feb 12 • 16:21 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Brazil: an instructor dressed as a hero saved the life of a teenager after being electrocuted on a street flooded by a flood

In Rio de Janeiro, a 33-year-old instructor heroically rescued a 15-year-old Chilean tourist who was electrocuted during severe storms in Copacabana.

Feb 11 • 15:45 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Monkey dies after being electrocuted in Bosque Rodrigues Alves, Belém

A monkey died after being electrocuted by an electric post in the Bosque Rodrigues Alves park in Belém.

Feb 11 • 13:33 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Worker dies electrocuted after touching gutter on high-voltage wire in Formiga

A 56-year-old worker died after being electrocuted while working in Formiga, Brazil, when a metal gutter he was installing made contact with a high-voltage power line.

Feb 10 • 23:02 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

'The street filled up very quickly and they were shouting 'it's a shock, it's a shock'', recounts a physical educator who assisted a woman electrocuted in Copacabana

A physical educator provided cardiac massage to a woman electrocuted in Copacabana, Brazil, after hearing cries for help during a sudden storm.

Feb 10 • 15:07 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Man electrocuted while repairing water pump in residential complex in João Pessoa

A 40-year-old man died from electrocution while repairing a water pump at a residential complex in João Pessoa, Brazil.

Feb 9 • 20:47 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Amateur MMA fighter dies after being electrocuted while installing air conditioning in SC

An amateur MMA fighter, Pablo Oliveira Costa, died from electrocution while installing an air conditioning unit in São José, Brazil.

Feb 9 • 20:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Young man dies electrocuted while maintaining internet network in Tocantins

A 23-year-old telecommunications technician tragically died from electrocution while performing maintenance on an internet network in Tocantins, Brazil.

Feb 7 • 13:36 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Video: two dogs electrocuted after touching fallen wire in Piauí

Two dogs died after being electrocuted when they touched a fallen power line in Palmeira do Piauí, Brazil.

Feb 4 • 14:26 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

Venezuela's 'hell' prison where inmates are 'raped and have excrement placed on heads'

Inmates at El Helicoide prison in Caracas face extreme brutality, including electrocution, rape, and being subjected to humiliating acts such as having excrement placed on their heads.

Jan 16 • 15:24 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

Woman held hostage in coffin for EIGHT days with threat of electrocution.

Stephanie Slater was kidnapped and held captive in a coffin-style box for eight days after being tricked into meeting her abductor while selling a home in Birmingham.

Jan 10 • 12:00 UTC

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