The Lebanese army announced that the crew of the “Spises 6” submarine had found the sunken boat off the city of Tripoli, at a depth of 459 meters and 130 meters from the sinking site identified by the navy, and published pictures of the boat under water.
And yet The submarine landing faltered At the scene of the disaster, on Monday, due to the “high waves of the sea” and the fear of any danger to the safety of the submarine and its crew, according to what the Lebanese Army announced, today it is accomplishing the first step of its mission, which is to find the boat and then photograph it and float it, in addition to the Exhuming the bodies of the victims or their body parts, and all the things they find that belong to them.
And the Lebanese army published through its account on TwitterA number of pictures of the boat under water.
The submarine crew found the sunken boat off the city of Tripoli, at a depth of 459 meters and a distance of 130 meters from the sinking site identified by the naval forces. 1/2#Lebanese army #LebaneseArmy pic.twitter.com/spLIYCZxwW
— Lebanese Army (@LebarmyOfficial) August 25, 2022
The Al-Dandashi family lost ten people in the journey of death, they buried two of them, leaving them eight bodies in the water, and following finding the boat, Bilal Al-Dandashi “Abu Ibrahim” said: “After four months of pain and pain, we thank God that the boat was found, but the case It is not over, we hope it will be floated to reveal how we were drowned and women and children suffocated with water.”
Abu Ibrahim added in an interview with Al-Hurra website, “Whoever dies will not come back to life once more, we have no choice but to pray for the souls of the martyrs, but the criminal remains unpunished, which means that he may commit another crime,” and stresses that ” The law must be applied to jurists first before it is applied to the citizen.”
It is noteworthy that more than 30 victims were swallowed by the sea, on April 23, as a result of a collision between the boat that was taking them to the shores of Italy, and a Lebanese army patrol, two hours following it sailed with, according to the United Nations, “at least 84 people, women, men and children.” Most of them are Lebanese, in addition to Palestinians and Syrians, and while the army managed to rescue 45 people following the incident, and retrieve 6 bodies, regarding 33 victims remained in the depths.
After the boat sank, the surviving passengers accused the army of deliberately colliding with their boat, causing them to sink, while the army denied this, stressing that “we worked to stop the boat and convince its captain that it was at risk of sinking, as it was more than 15 times overloaded.” He was allowed to carry his cargo, but they were not convinced, and the captain of the boat took the decision to carry out maneuvers to escape from the sentinel in a way that led to his crashing into it.
After the Lebanese state failed to carry out its tasks, as it did not attach any importance to recovering the victims, MP Ashraf Rifi took it upon himself to follow up on the arrival of the submarine to Lebanon. Euros per submarine only, excluding the rest of the expenses.
The rescue team, according to what Major General Rifi said in a previous interview with Al-Hurra website, is “comprising the commander of the submarine, who holds American citizenship, and a number of assistants, of American, Spanish and South African nationalities.”
