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Fadi Sawan, a judicial investigator in the Beirut port bombing case, yesterday accused Acting Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers of “negligence, negligence and causing death”, injuring hundreds of people, as reported by a judicial source to Agence France-Presse.
The judicial source explained that the affected ministers are the former Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, and the former Ministers of Public Works and Transport Ghazi Zaiter and Youssef Fenianos, indicating that the interrogation sessions with them as defendants will take place next week.
It said Sawan’s decision came “after it was found that they had received several written letters warning them not to postpone the maintenance of ammonium nitrate on the Beirut port campus, and not to take the necessary measures to prevent the devastating explosion. and its enormous damages. “
Lebanese authorities are investigating the explosion, which they attributed to storing huge amounts of ammonium nitrate for years in the port, without preventive measures, and officials at various levels were found to be aware of the dangers of storing it, without lifting a finger.
The August 4 explosion killed more than 200 people and injured 6,500 others.
The four officials are the first politicians identified by Sawan in the Al-Marfa case, according to which at least 25 senior officials responsible for the management and security of the port were arrested.
The judicial source stated that the judicial investigator “informed the office of Prime Minister Hassan Diab about the content of the accusation and informed him that next Monday he will go to the government headquarters to be questioned as the accused.” Investigative sessions are also scheduled for next week to question the three ministers as “accused.”
On the other hand, Hassan Diab said yesterday that he is “clear of conscience” regarding his handling of the Beirut port explosion file, after an investigating judge accused him of negligence.
He said in a statement that he is surprised by this target, which exceeds the person on the site, and will not allow the prime minister’s position to be attacked by either side.
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