The Guardian Weekly

Judge clears decks as Beirut blast inquiry resumes

More than two years since the huge explosion that levelled Beirut’s port and caused the deaths of 202 people, a blazing row has broken out with judges filing charges against each other and all suspects in the stalled investigation being released.

The moves came after Tarek Bitar, the judge tasked with investigating the blast, suddenly resumed his work after the inquiry had been stalled for more than a year. Bitar’s first act was to bring charges against Lebanon’s most senior prosecutor, two intelligence chiefs and a number of other officials for what amounts to obstructing justice.

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