Lightning strikes kill five and injure 100 in Poland and Slovakia

Dead include two children after thunderstorm in trekking location in the Tatra mountains

At least five people, including two children, have died and more than 100 have been injured during a sudden thunderstorm in Poland and Slovakia's Tatra mountains, according to rescuers.

Most of the victims were in Poland, where lightning struck a metal cross atop Mount Giewont as well as a metal chain near the summit, according to local media. The four dead in Poland included two children, a spokeswoman for the Polish air ambulance service, Kinga Czerwinska, told the news broadcaster TVN24. One person died in Slovakia.