Explosion of Beirut: Lebanese President evokes "negligence" or "a missile"

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Friday August 7 that the terrible explosion at the port of Beirut was due " either to negligence or to external intervention ", citing the hypothesis of " a missile ".

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" It is possible that it was caused by negligence or by an external action, with a missile or a bomb ", declared the head of state during an interview with journalists, three days after the catastrophe.