BEIRUT (AP) – Lebanon’s state-run news agency says 16 employees at Beirut’s port have been detained over this weeks explosion that killed more than 100 people and wounded thousands.
The National News Agency quoted the government commissioner to the military court judge as saying on Thursday that 18 people have been questioned so far. All of them are port and customs officials, as well as individuals in charge of maintenance at the hangar where 2,750 tons of explosive materials have been stored for years.
The judge said that the investigation began shortly after the blast occurred on Tuesday evening and will continue to cover all suspects in the explosion.
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