The survey opened on Wednesday for “unintentional injuries” by the pole accidents collective of the parquet de Paris has been extended to the facts of”involuntary homicide”.

At least 40 French people have been injured in the double explosion at the port of Beirut, according to a new provisional report release Thursday by the prosecutor’s office in Paris, which has extended its investigation following the death of a French citizen.

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A previous settlement of the government was state of 24 French wounded, three in serious condition. The Culture minister, Roselyne Bachelot, had also announced that a French architect, Jean-Marc Bonfils, had died in the explosions that hit the lebanese capital on Tuesday.

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Facts of”involuntary homicide”

After confirmation of this death, the investigation opened on Wednesday for “unintentional injuries” by the pole accidents collective of the parquet de Paris has been extended to the facts of”involuntary homicide”, a-t-we learned this Thursday to the public prosecutor. This unit was able to take under its jurisdiction in respect of acts committed abroad when the French are among the victims.

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The last count of the lebanese ministry of Health were Thursday, at least 137 people dead and 5000 wounded, while dozens of people remain unaccounted for. The explosions, caused the authorities to a fire in a warehouse containing a huge amount of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut, has also made 300 000 people homeless.