Trump: Explosion in Lebanon Was Likely an 'Attack'
President Donald Trump said U.S. generals have told him that they think the massive explosion that rocked Beirut on Tuesday, killing more than 70 people, was likely caused by a bomb.
“I’ve met with some of our great generals and they just seem to feel that this was not some kind of manufacturing explosion type of an event. … They seem to think it was an attack. It was a bomb of some kind.”
The explosion flattened much of a port and damaged buildings across the capital, sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky.
The death toll currently stands at more than 70, with more than 3,000 injured and bodies still buried in the rubble, officials say.
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