China News Service, August 18, according to foreign media reports, on the 17th local time, Lebanese investigators issued an arrest warrant to the country's customs commissioner Badri Daher for the bombing at Beirut port. In addition, the general manager of Beirut Port Hassan Koraytem (Hassan Koraytem) will accept inquiries.
According to reports, Judge Fadi Sawwan, who was in charge of investigating the bombing in the Beirut port area, questioned Dahir for four hours before issuing an arrest warrant.
On August 16, 2020, local time, in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, an excavator carried out demolition work at the explosion site in Beirut Port. The picture shows the building destroyed by the explosion near the port.
Afterwards, Sovan will also question the general manager of Beirut Port, Kuletem.
A violent explosion occurred in the Beirut port area on the evening of the 4th, which has caused thousands of casualties and dozens of others are missing. The specific cause of the explosion is still unclear. Several Lebanese officials mentioned that approximately 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate have been stored in warehouses in the Beirut port area since 2014.
The Lebanese government announced on August 5 that it will implement a two-week state of emergency in Beirut, and the military will supervise security measures. The Lebanese authorities announced on the 17th that they would extend this state of emergency for one month to September 18.
The Lebanese justice department said on the 16th local time that the preliminary investigation into the Beirut port bombing ruled out the possibility of the attack causing a disaster, and the investigation results showed serious negligence in the port warehouse.