Blast victims' families gather in Beirut

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 06, 2021 12:40 am

BEIRUT: Dozens of relatives of those killed in Lebanon's port blast gathered on Sunday to mark 11 months since the catastrophe and urge answers from a sluggish probe toward prosecuting those responsible.

Hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded on the dockside on August 4 last year, killing more than 200 people, injuring thousands and ravaging swathes of the capital.

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