Ex-Lebanese PM charged in 2020 Beirut port blasts investigation
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab and two former ministers were charged with homicide with probable intent over the Beirut port explosions in 2020.
Tarek Bitar, a Lebanese judge investigating the Beirut port explosions, also charged Abbas Ibrahim, chief of Lebanese General Security, State Security Director Major General Tony Saliba, and former Lebanese army commander Jean Kahwaji in connection with the blasts.
Lebanese Prosecutor-General Ghassan Oueidat, also charged in the Beirut blast investigation, announced his rejection of the decision issued earlier by Mr Bitar, arguing that the judge was suspended from the investigation over a year ago.
Mr Bitar’s work had been interrupted for over a year following several complaints filed against him by two former ministers facing charges, forcing him to halt the probe.
He resumed work after a legal opinion said he should be allowed to continue his investigation.
Primary investigations into the blast revealed that ammonium nitrate stored since 2014 in a warehouse at the port caused the explosions, which killed over 200 people and injured more than 6,000 others.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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