A picture shows the scene of an explosion near the the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing in
Beirut: Two massive explosions that hit Beirut on Tuesday may have been caused by explosive materials confiscated years ago and stored at the city's port, General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim said.
"It appears that there is a warehouse containing material that was confiscated years ago, and it appears that it was highly explosive material," the senior security official said, adding that an investigation would be launched into the explosions.
