This study might not be that reliable, but i thought i share it with you

because it does give a convincing explanation. Let me just remind you that Al Manar claimed more than 1.5 million were down there.

Study was done by CEDRE ( Centre D’Etude, de Developpmenet et de Recherche) and distributed by Loubnanouna group.

1- The event was done near the Hadath ‘Mecanique’ building.

2- The number of chairs used is almost equal to 25 000 chairs.

3- The approximate number of people seated is equal to 25 000.

4- The total Area used for event is equal to 85430m2, calculated using the software Mapinfo. By substracting the area used for the chairs, we will have 16 668 m2 left.

5- A person holding a flag and standing still needs at least 1m2, therefore we have at max 17 000 people standing.

6- If we add those to the people seated and the ones standing, and with a 20% margin error, we ll obtain almsot 50 000 which represents the number of people who attended the event.