The death toll from explosions at a military camp in Equatorial Guinea has now risen to 105.
According to authorities, a total of 615 people were injured in Sunday’s blasts at the Nkoa Ntoma camp in Bata, the country’s economic hub.
Buildings at the compound and houses in surrounding districts were badly destroyed by the explosions.
133 people were still in hospital, the health ministry has said in a tweet on Tuesday.
⚠️Datos de la emergencia sanitaria en Bata:
? 615 heridos:
– 482 dados de alta
– 133 permanecen ingresados en Hospital Regional de Bata, Centro Médico la Paz y Policlínico Guinea Salud
?Cifra oficial de fallecidos:
– 105 fallecidos reportados hasta ahora
Fuente: @La_Vice_Press pic.twitter.com/SXoRzduC1p— Guinea Salud (@GuineaSalud) March 9, 2021
The defence ministry of Equatorial Guinea said blasts were caused by heavy-calibre munitions.
The explosion had caused “shock waves which totally destroyed numerous homes nearby”.
The country’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, has blamed the military for “negligence” for stocking ammunition close to residential areas.
The camp houses special forces and gendarmes and their families. President Obiang said the officers had “been careless” since dynamite is normally “stocked very far from people and kept underground”.
Source: Africafeeds.com
