Eleven people were struck by lightning in Paris. Photo: Stas Toulchinski

Eleven people were struck by lightning in a Paris park, and 35 hit at a German football match. 

In Germany, 35 people, including 30 children, were injured after lightning struck during a football match in western Germany.

Three adults, the referee among them, suffered serious injuries when lightning struck the children's game in the town of Hoppstaedten on Saturday.

In Paris on Saturday, 11 people were struck by lightning and six of them were seriously hurt, the French interior ministry said.

Advertisement

Eight of the injured were children, the ministry said in a statement. The incident occurred in the Monceau park in a north-western district of the French capital.

The children, aged between seven and 14, had been attending a birthday party in the park at the time, Itele TV channel quoted local officials as saying.

Eric Moulin, a spokesman for the French fire-fighting service, said the situation would have been worse if an off-duty fire officer had not been at hand to quickly provide first aid. 

Reuters