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The force of the explosion shattered glass everywhere in Beirut. Photo: Marten Bjork

Trump claims Beirut blast was bomb

US President Donald Trump has suggested that the explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut was a bomb attack. For him, the incident looks like a "terrible attack".

Published: August 6, 2020, 9:45 am

    Washington

    His country was ready to help Lebanon, Trump said at the White House, according to the dpa news agency.

    Several explosions occurred near the port of Beirut on Tuesday, destroying large parts of the port and devastating surrounding neighborhoods. Around 100 people died and another 4 000 were injured. The German Geoforschungszentrum GFZ compared the tremors with an earthquake of magnitude 3,5 reported the ARD Tagesschau.

    Trump’s generals did not believe it was an accident, the US president said. They believed that, given the nature of the detonation, it must have been a “type of bomb”.

    Many contradicted this, including the British government. It is still too early for such speculations, said Education Secretary Nick Gibb on Wednesday to the TV broadcaster Sky. The Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab did not believe in a bomb attack either.

    The reason for the explosion is said to be 2 750 tons of ammonium nitrate. The substance had been stored in the port for six years without any precautions. The material may have come from a cargo ship, which the Lebanese authorities prohibited from continuing on its journey in 2013 due to various defects. Since then it had been stored at the port, said Diab, according to the dpa news agency. Ammonium nitrate is also used to propel rockets or to make explosives and fertilizers. The substance can only detonate at higher temperatures.

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