At least 10 persons have been
killed while many sustained injuries in a massive explosion that rocked Beirut,
capital of Lebanon, on Tuesday.
The state-owned national news
agency traced the source of the explosion to a warehouse of firecrackers near
the port in Beirut.
Many cars and buildings got
damaged in the incident.
Some residents said the explosion
sounded like an earthquake as the grounds shook and a large flame filled the
air.
“I saw a fireball and smoke
billowing over Beirut. People were screaming and running, bleeding. Balconies
were blown off buildings. Glass in high-rise buildings shattered and fell to
the street,” Reuters quoted a witness to have said.
🇱🇧 This was the biggest explosion in Lebanese history. (And Lebanon has witnessed hundreds of huge explosions!)— Karim Emile Bitar (@karimbitar) August 4, 2020
@LamiaMoubayed and I miraculously emerged unscathed as we were going down the stairs to reach the underground parking lot at USJ on rue Huvelin, pretty close🙏 pic.twitter.com/el9QW3SJWg
The explosion happened ahead of the verdict in the trial over the killing of Rafik Hariri, former Lebanon prime minister, by car bomb on February 14, 2005.
The four suspects are members of
the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group, a Shiite Muslim political party and
militant group based in Lebanon.
Hariri was travelling in a
motorcade when the explosion went off in a busy area in the state, causing
great damage to lives and properties.
Before his assassination, the
ex-PM joined calls for Syria to withdraw troops which had been in Lebanon since
1976.
Following his death and
investigations conducted by the UN, the four suspects were charged with
terrorism, murder and attempted murder.
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