3 Years Since Beirut Blast, No One Held Accountable As Probe Suspended
On August 4, 2020, the massive blast at Beirut's port destroyed swathes of the Lebanese capital, killing more than 220 people and injuring at least 6,500. Three years on, the probe is virtually at a standstill, leaving survivors still yearning for answers. Beirut: Lebanon on Friday marks three years since one of history’s biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked Beirut. Yet nobody has been held to account as political and legal pressures suspend the investigation. On August 4, 2020, the massive blast at Beirut’s port destroyed swathes of the Lebanese capital, killing more than 220 people and injuring at least 6,500. Authorities said the disaster was triggered by a fire in a warehouse where a vast stockpile of industrial chemical ammonium nitrate had been haphazardly stored for years. Three years on, the probe is virtually at a standstill, leaving survivors still yearning for answers. The main activist group representing families of those killed has called for a protest march on Fri...