Monday, March 5, 2012

206 killed in Republic of Congo blasts


After a weapons’ depot caught fire, blasts flattened many buildings in the northern part of Brazzaville and sent more than 2,000 fleeing their homes.
Blasts rocked the capital of the Republic of Congo Sunday morning after a weapons’ depot caught fire, officials said, killing at least 206 people and forcing thousands to flee.
A morgue in Brazzaville took in 136 bodies Sunday afternoon, as more continued to arrive. A local hospital reported at least 237 patients wounded in the blasts.

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