Beirut blast: Lebanon to investigate possible 'external interference'

Leban President Michel Aoun said that investigation into Beirut explosion would examine wher it was triggered by a bomb or or external inference. Aoun told local media that cause of blast has t yet been determined, suggesting a possibility of “external inference through a rocket or bomb or or act”.

explosion rocked Leban’s capital and brought city to a standstill for a moment, severely damaging buildings and establishments. According to latest report, incident has claimed at least 154 lives and injured more than 5,000 people. Lebanese President said that probe would also examine wher it happened to negligence or it was an accident.

Beirut’s goverr Marwan Abboud h said that dam due to explosion in city’s portside warehouse extended over half of Leban’s capital and up to 300,000 have been left homeless. Abboud ded that cost of dam from blast is over $3 billion, as it has severely damd buildings and establishments in city.

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UN allocates $15 million

Meanwhile, UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that ncy has allocated $15 million to Leban after massive explosion devastated capital city. UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock released $6 million from UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help response to Beirut port blast, bringing total to $15 million after UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Leban released $9 million from Leban Humanitarian Fund.

funding will dress primary health needs or urgent support to hospitals and provide shelter and food assistance to those most vulnerable affected by explosion, and logistical support. Mark Lowcock, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said in a statement that blast ripped through a country alrey facing civil unrest, ecomic hardship, coronavirus outbreak, and a heavy burden from Syrian refugee crisis. 

“Despite everything, people of Leban have remained generous hosts to millions of Syrian refugees and a beacon of humanity for us all,” said Lowcock. 

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