Beirut blast: Lebanon seeks ship owner & captain's arrest, asks interpol to detain them

Two months after horrific Beirut blast, Leban has sought arrest of owners and captain of ship that was docked in Beirut in 2013 after suffering a technical snag while it was sailing from Georgia enroute Mozambique, and contents of which were stored at port in an unsafe condition.

judge leing investigation into disaster issued absentee arrest warrants on Thursday for owner of ship Rhosus and its captain, and has asked international police organisation 'Interpol' to detain two men without publicly identifying m, according to reports.

After ship was docked in Beirut, its contents which h 2700 tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate were offloed in 2014 and kept in unsafe condition at a warehouse in port, which led to a devastating explosion six years later on August 4, 2020.

It is said that ship which was docked on docks in 2013 sank re in 2018 due to poor and worn-out condition of ship.

International media reports also state that ship's owner was questioned in September in Cyprus and so far 20 people have been arrested over catastrophic event that has shaken Beirut.

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Over 180 killed, 6,000 injured, 3,00,000 homeless

devastating explosion took place in capital city of Leban destroying dozens of buildings. In aftermath of explosion, UN h anunced that it would be releasing an aid pack worth $9 million for Leban.

According to an official estimate, blast that killed over 180 people and injured 6,000 h also left 3,00,000 people homeless while thousands h to live in damd buildings and some h to be shifted to shared shelters, with limited access to water and sanitation. Also, blast occurred when Leban was alrey grappling with multiple crises including wrath of pandemic as COVID-19 cases were surging in capital city in month of August compelling government to impose lockdown to control surge, besides country's currency collapsing, while country was reeling in months of demonstrations against political systems.

(Im: AP)

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