THE HAGUE, Aug 8, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The wife of Dutch ambassador to
Lebanon Jan Waltmans has died of wounds sustained in the Beirut bomb
explosion, the Netherlands’ foreign ministry said Saturday.
“It is with dismay and great sadness that we report the death of
our colleague Hedwig Waltmans-Molier. She succumbed to injuries
sustained in the massive explosion in Beirut,” a ministry statement
said.
Waltmans-Molier was hit by debris from the explosion shortly after
returning back to Lebanon from holiday with her husband of 38 years.
“Hedwig was standing in her living room next to her husband when
she was hit, sheerly by bad lack, by the explosion,” the ministry
said.
The 38-year-old was the only Dutch citizen reported to have died
from the explosion that rocket Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least 154
and devastating swathes of the capital.
Five other Dutch citizens were slightly injured, the ministry said.