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Jan
25
2023
By The African Mirror
Lebanese blast investigator charges former PM, top public prosecutor

Lebanese blast investigator charges former PM, top public prosecutor

WORLD
TIMOUR AZHARI and LAILA BASSAM THE judge probing the 2020 Beirut blast has charged Lebanon's top public prosecutor, the then-premier and other senior current and former officials in connection with the devastating explosion, judicial sources said and court summons show. Judge Tarek Bitar unexpectedly resumed an inquiry on Monday after it was paralysed for more than a year by political resistance and legal complaints filed by top officials he was seeking to question. The explosion on August 4, 2020 was caused by hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stored at the port in poor conditions since it was unloaded…
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Aug
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Lebanon government resigns amid outrage over Beirut blast

Lebanon government resigns amid outrage over Beirut blast

NEWS
MICHAEL GEORGY LEBANON’s prime minister has announced his government's resignation, saying a huge explosion that devastated the capital and stirred public outrage was the result of endemic corruption. The August 4 detonation at a port warehouse of more than 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate killed at least 163 people, injured more than 6,000 and destroyed swathes of the Mediterranean capital, compounding months of political and economic meltdown. In a televised address, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said he backed calls by ordinary Lebanese for those responsible for "this crime" to be put on trial. Diab made the announcement after the cabinet,…
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