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)