Three people have been killed and several others injured in a lightning strike during a visit to Cambodia’s famous Angkor Wat temple complex.
The group was seeking shelter around the main temple at the UNESCO site late Friday afternoon when they were struck by lightning.
Videos posted on social media showed two ambulances arriving later, with bystanders and officials carrying some of the injured and helping others on foot off.
Other images showed multiple people being treated in hospitals.
A day after the incident, Cambodian Tourism Minister Haut Ha issued a statement asking people to delete online posts about the incident, saying that spreading “negative information” could harm the country’s tourism industry.
Authorities have not released any information about the attack, but on Monday, an unnamed official confirmed to The Associated Press that the three victims were Cambodian nationals. The official did not want to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.
The Cambodian Red Cross also issued an update saying it had sent condolence packages to the families of the two victims, a 34-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman.
The Red Cross declined to comment further by phone.
A spokesman for the Angkor Wat site did not respond to a request for comment, nor did regional health officials.
Angkor Wat is Cambodia’s most famous tourist attraction, attracting about 2.5 million visitors a year and featuring prominently on the Cambodian flag.
UNESCO calls the site one of Southeast Asia’s most important archaeological sites, which covers about 400 square kilometers and contains the remains of the capital of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to 15th centuries.
