Filipinos injured in Beirut blasts now at 42, 1 more reported missing — DFA | Global News

Filipinos injured in Beirut blasts now at 42, 1 more reported missing — DFA

By: - Reporter / @KHallareINQ
/ 12:43 PM August 08, 2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday reported that the number of Filipinos injured from the two powerful explosions in Beirut, Lebanon is now at  42.

This comes after 11 additional injuries were reported, according to DFA Undersecretary Sarah Arriola.

Another Filipino, meanwhile, was reported to be missing, she added. There are now two Filipinos who are reported missing in the aftermath of the blasts, the DFA said.

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Meanwhile, the number of Filipinos who died from the blasts remains at four.

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There are approximately 33,000 Filipinos in Lebanon, 75 percent of them in the Greater Beirut area.

Aside from this, the DFA said that it has chartered a repatriation flight to bring Filipinos home from Lebanon.

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This flight, which is scheduled on Aug. 16, will also carry home the remains of the Filipinos who were killed in the blasts.

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In a tweet by DFA Secretary Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin, he said that the DFA is paying P15 million from its funds for the chartered flight.

The powerful explosions in Lebanon’s capital city were believed to be caused by 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, which had been stockpiled in a warehouse ever since it was confiscated from an impounded cargo ship in 2013.

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