According to RIA Novosti, this figure is not final.
On August 4, a powerful explosion took place in the Lebanese capital near the port. According to initial data, at least ten people died. The Ministry of Health noted that hundreds of people could have suffered.
Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud compared the explosion to nuclear strikes in 1945 on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab has declared Wednesday, 5 August, a day of mourning in memory of the victims of the explosion.