Lebanese judiciary issues 5 new arrest warrants in the port explosion case



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Lebanese judiciary issues 5 new arrest warrants in the port explosion case

Reuters

Damage to the port of Beirut after the explosion of August 4

The Lebanese judiciary announced the arrest of 5 more people in the file of the Beirut port explosion, which occurred on August 4, which resulted in the death of more than 180 people and thousands of injuries, raising the number of detainees to 18 .

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The judicial investigator questioned the port explosion, Judge Fadi Sawan, the Director General of Land and Maritime Transport, Abdul Hafeez al-Qaisi, and the Director of the port at the port, Muhammad al-Mawla, in the presence of their defense agents , and issued a permanent arrest warrant against each of them, noting that al-Qaisi and al-Mawla had not been previously detained pending an investigation during the stage. Initial investigations.

Then, Judge Sawan interrogated three detained Syrians pending an investigation, namely Ahmad Al-Rajab, Khader Al-Ahmad and Raed Al-Ahmad, who undertook the process of welding the gap that was in ward number 12 hours before the explosion.

He issued arrest warrants in front of them, and requested that tomorrow, Tuesday, an investigation session be held with 4 agents of the Port Security, Brigadier General Antoine. S. and Major Charbel. P and Major David. P and Major Milad. NORTH.

Source: National Information Agency



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