FRANKFURT, Germany (AP):

Lightning injured at least 25 people, several of them critically, at an air show and a soccer match in western Germany yesterday, police said.

At least 20 people were hurt, 10 of them seriously, when a bolt of lightning hit a crowd at the air show in St. Augustin, near Bonn. Two of the victims were in critical condition, police spokesman Hanno Mueller said.

The show, which had attracted about 10,000 visitors, was abandoned.

Another five people suffered life-threatening burns during a thunderstorm in Gelsenkirchen. Lightning struck the tree under which the group was sheltering during a local league football game, city police said.