“As a result of the explosion in Beirut, 48 UN employees and 27 members of their families and three visitors were injured,” Al Jazeera quoted him as saying.
On August 4, a powerful explosion took place in the Lebanese capital near the port. The Jordanian Seismological Observatory has determined that the explosion is equivalent to an earthquake of magnitude 4.5.
According to the latest data, as a result of the explosion in Beirut, at least 78 people were killed and another 4 thousand citizens were injured.
The media also reported that the general secretary of the Lebanese Kataib party Nizar Najaryan was killed in Beirut.