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Beirut explosion case referred to Lebanon’s Supreme Judicial Council

Sarah El-Sheikh
Last updated: 2020/08/10 at 4:01 PM
By Sarah El-Sheikh 3 Min Read
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The case of the huge explosion at Beirut port was referred to the Lebanese Supreme Judicial Council, on Monday, based on a proposal by recently-resigned Minister of Justice Marie-Claude Negm.

On Monday, the Lebanese authorities continued investigations into the huge explosion that took place in the Lebanese capital, which left more than 160 dead and thousands injured.

The authorities have arrested more than 20 people, including port and customs officials,  as well as engineers, pending an investigation. Among those arrested are Chairperson of the port’s Board of Directors, Hassan Quraitem, and Director General of Customs Badri Daher.

Also on Monday, Lebanon’s official National News Agency stated that public attorney Ghassan El-Khoury has begun investigation sessions into the explosion.

The news agency said that the judge heard a statement from the Director General of the State Security Service, Major General Tony Saliba, at the Palace of Justice in Beirut, although no further details were given. Saliba remained under arrest following the interrogation session that lasted for several hours, and which are set to continue.

This comes as protests continued outside Baabda palace on Monday to demand President Michel Aoun’s resignation. Ghazi Wazni, the country’s Finance Minister who had been a key negotiator with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a rescue plan to aid Lebanon’s failing economy, resigned his post on Monday.

This follows Negm’s earlier resignation, which she submitted to Prime Minister Hassan Diab. The Minister of Finance’s resignation was the fourth ministerial loss to Diab’s government, as the Minister of Environment and Administrative Development Damianos Kattar announced his resignation on Sunday. His announcement came a matter of hours after Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad became the first minister to announce her resignation.

A number of deputies also submitted their resignations from the House of Representatives, including independents and members representing different parliamentary blocs. The raft of departures comes against the backdrop of the explosion and the sharp deterioration in economic and living conditions in the country.

The massive explosion in Beirut has ignited anti-government protests against the local government widely seen as corrupt and negligent.

Last Tuesday, a massive explosion took place in the port of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, due to the improper storage of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate (equivalent to about 1,800 tonnes of TNT). The explosion killed 160 people and wounded 6,000 others, leaving half the capital damaged and more than 300,000 displaced.

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