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Lebanese court removes judge from Beirut blast probe; activists slam mockery of justice
19.02.2021
A Lebanese court on Thursday dismissed a judge who had charged top politicians with negligence over last year s Beirut port explosion, infuriating families of victims who said it showed that the state would never hold powerful men to account.
Judge Fadi Sawan had led the investigation into the largest non-nuclear blast in history. In December, he charged three ex-ministers and the outgoing prime minister with negligence.
Two hundred people died in the August 4, 2020 blast when a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate, stored unsafely for years, detonated at the capital s port. Thousands were injured and entire neighbourhoods destroyed.