Huge blasts hit Equatorial Guinea, kill 17
At least 17 people have been killed and more than 400 wounded on Sunday in a range of powerful explosions at a military base in Equatorial Guinea’s largest city of Bata, according to the country’s health ministry.
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- Published Date: 11:06 | 07 March 2021
- Modified Date: 11:06 | 07 March 2021
At least 17 people have been killed and hundreds injured in powerful explosions in the West African country of Equatorial Guinea.
A total of 420 injured people were being treated in three hospitals after the explosions on Sunday in a military complex in the city of Bata, the country's health authority announced on Twitter.
Pictures and videos circulated on Twitter showed a high column of smoke and fleeing people.
The cause of the explosions was not known at first.
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