Bangladesh: 20 killed, 300 injured in 15-min tornado

, March 23: Twenty people have been killed in a tornado which ripped through 20 villages in eastern

on Friday, a government official said on Saturday. Three hundred people were injured in the

.

Initial reports said at least 10 people were killed and a newspaper report said 500 people were injured in the storm which had lashed distant villages in Brahmanbaria district, more than 100 kilometres south-east from here.

Local chief government administrator Noor Mohammad Majumder said on Saturday that the death toll had touched 20.

The 15-minute storm destroyed several houses and shops besides uprooting trees and electricity poles.

Local villagers and emergency personnel took the injured to the hospitals, reports said.

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