Death toll from Beirut port explosion rises to 158 as number of injured exceeds 6,000, Lebanese health ministry media office says
A handout picture from Qatar's Internal Security Force on August 7, 2020 shows members of its search and rescue unit assisting their Lebanese counterparts in seeking survivors at the Beirut port.
Rescuers have been combing through the rubble of Beirut port in a search for survivors watched breathlessly by relatives of the missing, while an investigation into the huge blast made its first arrests. A health ministry official said on Saturday that 21 people are still missing and up to 6,000 are injured, four days after a massive explosion at the port left 158 people dead.
The authorities had previously put the number of people wounded at 5,000, stressing that at least 120 of them were considered to be in critical condition. Shock has turned to anger in Lebanon since Tuesday's colossal explosion devastated swathes of the capital, with security forces firing tear gas at demonstrators who gathered near parliament late Thursday.
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