Lebanese judge: 16 port staffers arrested over Beirut blast
Thursday, 6 August 2020 Lebanon's state-run news agency says 16 employees at Beirut's port have been detained over this weeks explosion that killed more than 100 people and wounded thousands. They include port and customs officials as well as maintenance workers and their managers. Lebanon's foreign minister said that an investigating committee had been given four days to determine responsibility for the blast.
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The National News Agency quoted Government Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Fadi Akiki as saying on Thursday that 18 people have been questioned so far Hindu
Thursday, 6 August 2020
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