Lebanese prime minister charged over port explosion


Charges have been filed against the caretaker prime minister of Lebanon and three former ministers, by the Lebanese prosecutor investigating August's port explosion in Beirut.

The Charges filed on Thursday, accused the caretaker prime minister and the former ministers of negligence in relation to the deadly blast.

Hassan Diab the caretaker prime, finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil, as well as  Ghazi Zeiter and Youssef Fenianos, both former ministers of public works, were all charged and accused of carelessness and negligence leading to the death of over 200 people and injuring thousands more.


"The prime minister has a clear conscience and is confident of his integrity as well as his responsible and transparent handling of the file of the Beirut port explosion," Diab's office said in a statement on Thursday.

The explosion on August 4 was caused by the ignition of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive chemical compound, which has been kept at the port for six years.


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