Explainer-Two years since Beirut blast, why has no top official been held to account?


  • World
  • Wednesday, 03 Aug 2022

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Beirut silos damaged in the August 2020 port blast, in Beirut, Lebanon May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon on Thursday marks the second anniversary of the Beirut port explosion which killed at least 215 people, wounded thousands and damaged swathes of the capital.

Despite the devastation wrought by the blast, one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded, a judicial investigation has brought no senior official to account.

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