Lightning Kills An Entire Football Team October, 1998 11 members of Bena Tshadi football team were killed by lightning in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The freakish lighting hit mid game (1–1) between Bena Tshadi and visitors Basanga. Suddenly, the sky cracked and a bolt of lightning struck injuring more than 30 people and killing 11. What's most surprising and weird is that all the dead were from Bena Tshadi team. No casualties from the other team. Immediately, accusations of witchcraft arose; many teams across central and western Africa are known to employ the services of witchdoctors to put curses on their opponents. While I don't think witchcraft was involved, I can't find a befitting scientific theory why only one team suffered casualties. Maybe they were standing close together? FOOTBALL FANS in the central African state of Congo were hurling accusations of witchcraft at each other yesterday after a freak blast of lightning struck dead an entire...