Judge files charges against current and former customs officials over Beirut port blast

Hazimeh was reportedly the point man for Hezbollah at the Port of Beirut when nearly 3,000 tons of highly explosive fertilizer were stored there more than six years ago.The 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate blew up Aug. 4, killing more than 200 people, injuring thousands and causing damage worth billions of dollars, mostly in nearby neighbourhoods.

National News Agency said that in charging Shehadeh and Hazimeh, the number of those now charged in connection with the explosion reached 33, of whom 25 are under arrest. None of the charges have been made public and the process has been highly secretive. NNA said the new cases were referred to Judge Fadi Sawwan, who is probing the blast. It said Sawwan had questioned the two earlier as witnesses but they will be questioned again as suspects.

I still don't get the island stuff, the Trump teams' recent Boom focus & Amy Kuchar''s Boom Isle campaign launch. What's is it with islands lately & all the Boom stuff - Epstein's is news then Love & Caroline Flack? And that Air Malaysia flight wreckage washes up on Reunion 1st?

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