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Updated March 10th, 2021 at 14:23 IST

Satellite images in Equatorial Guinea of damage after explosion

Dramatic images show the devastation caused by a series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea, which killed at least 98 people and injured hundreds more.

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Dramatic images show the devastation caused by a series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea, which killed at least 98 people and injured hundreds more. The blasts on Sunday in the Mondong Nkuantoma neighborhood of the coastal city of Bata wounded at least 615 people, authorities said.

The government said that 316 of the injured have been discharged and 299 remain in care in various hospitals in the city. More than 60 people were also rescued from under the rubble by the civil protection corps and fire service, the government said.

President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said the government will hold an emergency meeting to look into how victims can quickly receive aid from Equatorial Guinea before international aid arrives. Investigations into the blast have begun, he said in a Tuesday statement. 

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Published March 10th, 2021 at 14:23 IST

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