The terrifying moment a bride’s wedding photoshoot was interrupted by the devastating blast in Beirut, Lebanon has been caught on camera.
While the setting seemed idyllic in a quiet town square in Beirut for wedding photographer and videographer, Mahmoud Nakib, to capture bride Israa Seblani’s special day, the next thing that happened is something they would have never expected.
In the footage which has been circulating online, the stunning bride is seen posing for the camera in her intricately designed lace wedding dress, with her veil and train perfectly laid out to capture the ideal photo.
However, as the camera pans down the side of Seblani’s dress, getting a glimpse of her bridal bouquet which was laid on top of the gown’s train, the blast immediately pounds through the buildings surrounding the town square.
Cameraman Nakib immediately turns away towards a long street in the Lebanon capital which is now thick with smoke, all the while he was still recording.
This bride was taking wedding photos when the explosion happened in }#Beirut. She is OK.
(Footage via Mahmoud Nakib) #Lebanon #LebanonExplosion pic.twitter.com/7kHyZjsTBS
— Stefan Simanowitz (@StefSimanowitz) August 5, 2020
Nakib then turns back towards the bride who can be seen fleeing with two others – presumably members of her wedding party.
According to , the photoshoot took place in a town square that was approximately 1km away from where the origin of the explosion in Beirut occurred.
Rescue efforts continue in Beirut as the death toll hits 100 people and rising, with up to 4,000 injured following a devastating explosion in the port area of the city.
The blast was said to be heard 240km away on the island of Cyprus. Authorities have blamed a supply of reactive chemical ammonium nitrate for the explosion.
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