Iran Press/Middle East: Lebanon's army has found 4.35 tonnes of ammonium nitrate near the entrance to Beirut port, the site of a powerful explosion last month, caused by a large stockpile of the same highly explosive chemical, that killed 191 people.
The military said in a statement on Thursday that army experts were called in for an inspection and found the dangerous chemical in four containers stored near the port.
Army engineers were "dealing with it", according to the statement that was carried by the state news agency NNA.
There were no details on the origin of the chemicals or their owner.
The find comes almost a month after nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored at Beirut's port for six years detonated, wreaking death and destruction.
On August 4, a massive explosion took place in a nearby warehouse in the port of Beirut, containing 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate, following a massive fire in a warehouse that stored flammable stuff.
191 people killed in the incident, and more than 6,000 were injured.
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