Chemical blamed for Beirut explosion under scrutiny - Financial Times

Ammonium nitrate is a cheap and effective fertiliser, but also an explosive product and sought after ingredient for terrorist bombmakers © Abdul Mueed/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

As Lebanese authorities blame a stock of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate for the blast that devastated swaths of Beirut, experts have questioned why such an explosive material was stored for so long, so close to the heart of the city of more than 2m people.

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2020-08-05 14:02:00Z
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