The resolution got here after Judge Tarek Bitar on Monday resumed the investigation into the devastating port blast, following a 13-month halt over authorized challenges raised by politicians accused within the probe — together with the chief prosecutor.
Seventeen detainees have been held for years in pre-trial detention after the huge port blast on Aug. 4 2020. a whole lot of tons of extremely explosive ammonium nitrate, a fabric utilized in fertilizers, detonated at Beirut Port, killing 218 individuals, injuring over 6,000 and damaging giant components of the Lebanese capital.
Lawyer Sakher El Hachem, representing two detainees, instructed The Associated Press that they obtained affirmation concerning the resolution after inquiring to the judiciary, and that they might be launched Wednesday.
Judicial officers added that Ouweidat, who defied Bitar’s resolution to renew the paralyzed investigation, will press costs in opposition to him. They spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t licensed to talk to the press.
Ouweidat didn’t instantly reply to calls from the AP on the matter.
Associated Press writers Abby Sewell and Bassem Mroue in Beirut contributed to this report.
