Thursday, April 12, 2007

HUMAN ERROR 'CAUSED MAPUTO BLAST' !

Explosion footage

Human error was largely to blame for last month's explosions in the Mozambique capital which killed more than 100 people, a report says.
The commission of inquiry into the Maputo explosions blames poor storage conditions at the arsenal, a lack of inspection and high temperatures.
The president has ordered all obsolete weapons to be destroyed and arms depots to be moved to remote areas.
The government says it will spend some $12m rebuilding damaged homes.
Several hundred people were injured in the blasts, as the initial blasts caused further detonations.
It was the second time in less than two months that aging explosives in the arsenal have detonated.
Twenty tonnes of obsolete equipment left over from the long civil war had been awaiting destruction.
The weapons depot was near a poor, overcrowded suburb of the capital.
BBC NEWS REPORT.

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