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Radwan Mortada wrote in the Al-Akhbar newspaper: French investigators and US FBI investigators suggested that the Beirut port bombing was not caused by a terrorist attack or internal explosion, but by a fire in District 12 that caused the explosion. However, investigations into whether the fire was caused by an error, electrical friction, or was started have yet to be concluded. The Americans also estimated the volume of ammonium nitrate that exploded at just 230 tons, while researchers from the Information Section reported the explosion of around 2,000 tons of ammonium nitrate. However, the French did not specify in their report the size of the materials that caused the explosion. Security sources revealed that French experts informed the Lebanese side that their final report needs two months later.
Regarding the new investigation, Judge Fadi Sawan, the judicial investigator, heard the testimony of 16 detainees and issued face-to-face arrest warrants against them, while three detainees remained without issuing permanent arrest warrants against them, pending that the military police investigators completed his questioning. These are the three blacksmiths who welded in hall 12.
According to security sources, the investigation with the three blacksmiths is being expanded, revealing that the investigators suspect that there is some connection between one of the three blacksmiths with a militant organization or perhaps the presence of militant tendencies in it.
Sources revealed that an examination of the suspected blacksmith’s phone showed that he had conducted a prior search of the port and the head of the Port Investment Authority. The sources also claimed that his phone revealed interest in militant groups.
Regarding the upcoming off-border investigations in Turkey and Cyprus, Al-Akhbar learned that Investigators from the Information Section had heard Muhammad H.’s statement in Turkey, as the broker who was hired by Spectrum to bring the Roussos ship. Security sources indicated that the team of investigators will return today from Turkey. On the other hand, the request made by the Lebanese side to the Cypriot authorities by diplomatic means to hear the owner of the ship as a witness did not lead to a positive ending, as Al-Akhbar learned that the Cypriot authorities had not yet responded to the correspondence. Sources interested in the investigation were stunned by the stagnation of the Cypriot state, although it had previously shown its willingness to cooperate.
Source: News
