The explosion obliterated part of the port and caused damage over a wide radius in Beirut. (File)
The Hague:
The wife of the Dutch ambassador to Lebanon, Jan Waltmans, has died as a result of a bomb explosion in Beirut, the Netherlands Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
“It is with dismay and great sadness that we report the death of our colleague Hedwig Waltmans-Molier. She succumbed to injuries sustained during the massive explosion in Beirut,” said a statement from the ministry.
Waltmans-Molier was struck by debris from the explosion shortly after returning to Lebanon from vacation with her 38-year-old husband.
“Hedwig was standing in her living room next to her husband when she was hit, outright by a great lack, by the explosion,” the ministry said.
The 55-year-old was the only Dutch citizen to die from the explosion that propelled Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least 154 people and devastating parts of the capital.
Five other Dutch citizens were slightly injured, the ministry said.
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