The attorney general is accused of the Beirut port explosion in 2020

The judge investigating the big explosionwhich occurred in 2020 in the port of Beirut, brought charges against Lebanon’s attorney general and three other judges in connection with this devastating explosion, judicial officials announced today.

Judge Tarek Bitar, who unexpectedly reopened an investigation that had been stalled for more than a year due to high-level political backlash, is scheduled to question Attorney General Ghassan Ouedat this month, the officials said, without specifying the details. charges against him.

Ouedat could not be reached for comment.

Bittar’s efforts to question top officials about the blast, which killed 220 people and destroyed parts of Beirut, have been blocked by factions including the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

Bitar also indicted Lt. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon’s interior intelligence service, and Lt. Gen. Tony Saliba, head of another security force, in connection with the blast, as well as former military commander Jean Kahouaji, judges said. officials, without specifying the charges.

Judicial sources said 15 people are scheduled to be questioned in February, including top security officials, Ouedat, two former ministers and Hassan Diab, who was prime minister at the time of the blast.

Ibrahim declined to comment on reports of charges being brought against him when contacted by Reuters on Monday. Kahuaji declined to comment. Saliba could not be contacted.

The explosion, which occurred on August 4, 2020was caused by hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate stored in poor conditions at the port after being unloaded there in 2013. So far, no high-ranking officials have been held accountable.

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