MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th August, 2020) A female employee of the Russian Embassy in Beirut received slight, non-life-threatening injuries after an explosion in the city's port, the embassy's representative told Sputnik on Tuesday.
"[She was] slightly [injured], nothing threatens her life. The glass broke, the person just got hurt," the representative said.
Earlier in the day, a powerful explosion hit the port of Beirut leaving hundreds of people injured and at least six others killed. A massive fire engulfed Beirut after the blast. The explosion wave reached miles away from the epicenter, hitting residential and office buildings.
