Mexican lightning kills seven

Nine people have been struck by lightning, with seven of them dead, on a farm in Mexico.

A lightning strike has killed seven people, including four children, in a rural part of central Mexico.

The Guanajuato state Department of Public Safety reports that two more people were hurt by the Friday afternoon strike, though their lives were not in danger.

The incident took place in farming country near the towns of Mesa Cuata and El Terrero, about 40km from the city of Queretaro.