Lebanon's army finds 4.35 tonnes of explosive material near Beirut port, agency reports
BEIRUT, Sept 3- Lebanon’s army said on Thursday it had found 4.35 tonnes of highly explosive ammonium nitrate near the entrance to Beirut port, the site of a huge explosion of the same chemical last month, the state news agency NNA reported.
BEIRUT, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s army said on Thursday
it had found 4.35 tonnes of highly explosive ammonium nitrate
near the entrance to Beirut port, the site of a huge explosion
of the same chemical last month, the state news agency NNA
reported.
Army engineers were “dealing with it,” NNA reported, citingan army statement.(Reporting by Raya Jalabi; Editing by Edmund Blair)