Lead investigator resumes Beirut port blast probe and plans to question senior officials
In 2023, then-chief prosecutor Ghassan Oweidat ordered the release of 17 detainees, including port and customs officials, who had been held in pre-trial detention since the explosion. Bitar and legal ...
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The Beirut Explosion – The Disaster That Shook the World
a massive explosion ripped through the port of Beirut, Lebanon, killing 218 people, injuring thousands, and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. The cause? A warehouse full of ammonium nitrate ...
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Lead investigator resumes Beirut port blast probe and plans to question senior officials
On Aug. 4, 2020, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a Beirut Port warehouse ... who had been held in pre-trial detention since the explosion. Bitar and legal experts condemned ...
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Lead investigator resumes Beirut port blast probe and plans to question senior officials
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese judge leading an investigation into the huge 2020 Beirut port explosion questioned ... hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a Beirut Port warehouse ...
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Bitar questions two defendants in Beirut blast probe
The Lebanese judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion questioned two people on Friday ... where hazardous materials including the ammonium nitrate that exploded were stored, the official ...
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United in grief and anger, families of the victims and several thousand Lebanese marked one year since the horrific explosion at Beirut's ... 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a port ...