“Year after year, nothing was done to eliminate the threat” - Human Rights Watch blasts Lebanese officials for their failure to protect the public
Human Rights Watch has produced an extensive investigation providing evidence to incriminate senior Lebanese officials in last year’s devastating explosion at Beirut port.They Killed US from the Inside218 people were killed, nearly 7,000 wounded and over 300,000 displaced after 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate ignited in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history on August 4, 2020. It wrecked over half the city and caused an estimated $3.8-4.6 billion in material damage.
“[It] was the natural consequence of a system rooted in corruption and impunity,” she told reporters. “The general inefficiency, mismanagement and political malfeasance that has plagued the Beirut port for decades all contributed to the devastating blast.”The report was not able to conclusively identify what triggered the explosion.
A confidential source told HRW that State Security was informed as early as September 2019 about the ammonium nitrate by a customs official. It came after no action was taken to resolve the issue despite repeated warnings dating back to 2014. While only lower-level officials have ended up being detained thus far, senior officials who knew of the ammonium nitrate being stored at the port “had a responsibility to act to secure and remove it, and failed to do so,” Majzoub added.
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