After a 13-month pause, Lebanese judge Tarek Bitar on January 23 announced the resumption of the investigation into the cause of the 2020 explosion at the port of Beirut. The families of the victims have welcomed the decision.
Judge Bitar also ordered the release of five suspects in custody, while prosecuting eight others, including Lebanese security chief Abbas Ibrahim and state security chief Tony Saliba. .
Investigation of the cause explosion has been stalled since December 2021 when politicians called to court by Judge Bitar filed a complaint once morest him.
The statement from the magistrate’s office stated that Judge Bitar had conducted a legal study and decided to resume the investigation, despite complaints once morest him.
[Công ty Mỹ bị kiện liên quan đến vụ nổ tại cảng Beirut năm 2020]
According to some sources, last week, Mr. Bitar met with two French colleagues to discuss the investigation this time.
An explosion at a harbor in Beirut on August 4, 2020, killed more than 200 people and devastated an area in the Lebanese capital.
Authorities say tons of ammonium nitrate stored at the port of Beirut since 2014 caught fire, causing one of the explosions. non-nuclear largest in history.
Phuong Ha (VNA/Vietnam+)
