The August 4 explosion at the port of Beirut and part of the Lebanese capital left at least 177 dead and more than 6,500 injured. Lebanese investigating judge Fadi Sawan questioned Customs Director General Badri Daher - who had been in pre-trial detention for more than 10 days - for four hours on Monday before issuing an arrest warrant, a judicial source said. to AFP, without specifying the charges.
At the origin of the devastating explosion, an enormous quantity of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse of the port for six years "without precautionary measures" by the admission of the resigned Prime Minister Hassan Diab.
Attorney General Ghassan Oueidat has initiated legal proceedings against 25 suspects, 19 of whom are currently in detention, including the chairman of the port's board of directors, Hassan Koraytem, who will be questioned by Judge Sawan on Tuesday.
The former customs director Chafic Merhi, the port security director Mohamed al-Awf and the port warehouse manager Michel Nakhoul will also be interviewed on Tuesday.
The idea of an international investigation rejected
The Lebanese authorities, accused by a lot of corruption and negligence, rejected the idea of an international investigation despite the voices raised in Lebanon and abroad in this direction.
US Federal Police (FBI) investigators arrived in Lebanon at the request of Lebanese authorities to assist them in the investigation. France, which has two nationals killed in the explosion, has opened its own investigation.
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