Lebanese Prosecutors Seek Charges Against Former President Michel Aoun Over Beirut Port Explosion
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The judicial record, which has become a symbol of impunity in Lebanon, has been at a standstill since 2023 due to political and legal disputes.
A Lebanese prosecutor requested on Tuesday the indictment of former President Michel Aoun for the explosion in the port of Beirut that had killed more than 200 people in 2020, said a judicial source at the AFP.
On 4 August 2020, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history devastated entire neighbourhoods of the Lebanese capital, killing more than 220 people and wounding 6500.
Lebanese Prosecutors Seek Charges Against Former President Michel Aoun Over Beirut Port Explosion
نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. Lebanese prosecutors have requested that former President Michel Aoun, 92, be charged in connection with the 2020 Beirut port explosion, AFP reported, citing a Lebanese judicial source. The move marks a significant new development in the long-running investigation into the August 4, 2020 blast, which devastated large parts of Beirut, killed m…
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