With white balloons … the Lebanese people commemorate the explosion of the port of Beirut.



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Samia, a mother of nine-year-old twins, said her husband, who was working at the port, lost her in the blast. "We live in torment every day. Too many for us to know who committed this crime against humanity".

وفتعت "It’s heartburn. My children have been deprived of the word + dad + all their lives".

For his part, said Salwa, who lost his uncle in the explosion at the port where he worked. "My uncle was like my father".

She mentioned Salwa colloquially "May God forgive you", Max "We demand that all those responsible for this explosion be punished"Before a woman interrupted her in slang "May God avenge them".

According to the official version, the explosion occurred in a warehouse where huge amounts of ammonium nitrate had been stored for more than six years. "No precautionary measures".

After the Lebanese authorities rejected requests for an international investigation into the blast, they opened a local investigation, which has so far led to the arrest of some twenty people.

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The August 4 blast killed more than 190 people, injured 6,500 and destroyed entire neighborhoods.

Two months after the explosion, the Lebanese investigation has been unable to reveal its circumstances and no results have been announced.

And on Sunday, shortly after 6 p.m. (15:00 GMT), coinciding with the explosion that devastated large areas of the Lebanese capital, dozens of white balloons were launched in the sky of Beirut, bearing the names of the victims. written on them from an area overlooking the harbor, according to an AFP photographer.

Ms. Fairouz broadcast Lebanese songs over loudspeakers, along the lines of “Beirut”.

Participants at the memorial, including activists and relatives of the victims, held up photographs of their loved ones who died in the blast, which had briefly blocked the road.

They expressed their anger at the political leaders and blamed them for the tragedy due to their corruption and incompetence.

“We live in torment every day,” said Samia, a mother of nine-year-old twins, who were lost in the blast. “We live in torment every day. They are too much to know who committed this crime against humanity.”

“It’s heartburn. My children have been deprived of the word + dad + all their lives.”

For his part, Salwa, who lost his uncle in the explosion at the port where he worked, said: “My uncle was like my father to me.”

“May God forgive you,” Salwa said colloquially, adding: “We demand that all those responsible for this explosion be punished,” before a woman interrupts her colloquially, “May God take revenge on them.”

According to the official version, the explosion occurred in a warehouse where huge amounts of ammonium nitrate had been stored for more than six years “without precautionary measures”.

After the Lebanese authorities rejected requests for an international investigation into the blast, they opened a local investigation, which so far has led to the arrest of some twenty people.



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