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Beirut blasts damaged UNIFIL ship, badly injured crew: statement

Updated: 2020-08-05 05:22

Smoke is seen after an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. [Photo/Agencies]

BEIRUT - Two huge explosions in Beirut's port on Tuesday damaged a ship deployed with a United Nations peacekeeping force and injured some of its personnel, the UNIFIL force said in a statement.

"As a result of a huge explosion that rocked Beirut Port this evening, one of the UNIFIL ships of the Maritime Task Force docked in the port was damaged, leaving some UNIFIL naval peacekeepers injured -- some of them seriously," it said.

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