Middle East Desk
Report
Beirut: Lebanon’s outgoing Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers have been charged with negligence that led to the deaths of hundreds and injuries to thousands in the massive August Beirut port explosion.
Fadi Sawan, the judge investigating the blast, on Thursday charged Diab, former public works ministers Ghazi Zaeiter and Youssef Fenianos and former finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil.
Sawan is set to question Diab as a defendant in the case on Monday at the Grand Serail, the seat of government in Beirut.
He has also called in the three ministers for questioning on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, also as defendants.
