A schoolgirl has been killed at a Christmas lights switch-on when she was struck by a high-voltage blast of electricity, as she stood with her family.
Julia Franco was photographed moments before she was electrocuted, happily enjoying the festivities in Caldas Novas, Brazil at the weekend.
The eight-year-old touched a piece of exposed metal, unaware that a faulty wire had made the entire installation live. Her mother, Rejany Honoria de Almeida, said her daughter was happy the day that she took the pictures and she still cannot come to terms with the fact that a short while later she was electrocuted.
She said: "What was supposed to be a family outing has become a tragedy." The parents and their three children had been looking forward to
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