Families of Firefighters Killed in Port Blast Vow Escalation
The relatives of ten firefighters killed in the Beirut port blast on Monday made a host of demands and requested answers to several questions, vowing escalation if authorities do not heed their grievances.
The families voiced their remarks at a press conference marking two months since the August 4 tragedy. The conference was attended by the lawyer Imad Martinos, who represented Beirut Bar Association chief Melhem Khalaf.
Below are some of the demands and questions:
- An emergency parliament session to lift immunity off all ministers and politicians concerned with the file
- Declaring August 4 a national mourning day
- Questioning all ministers concerned since 2014 to date and anyone linked to the Hangar 12 file as of the date of unloading the cargo in it
- Publishing all the reports submitted by international crews and foreign security agencies regarding the Beirut port blast
- Declassifying the investigation and briefing the families of the martyrs on all the developments that have not been disclosed to the public opinion
- Expanding the investigation to become an international investigation
- Clarifying the reasons behind the disappearance of all previous reports related to the dangerous substances that were stored inside Hangar 12 and behind silencing anyone who tried to tackle the file (resignations, sacking, death…)
- Unveiling the reason behind the total absence of the Beirut Port Fire Brigade, especially when the first fire erupted, around 40 minutes prior to the blast
- Unveiling the identity of the judge who ordered the unloading of the cargo from the ship into Hangar 12 and clarifying why he is yet to be identified and summoned to interrogation
- Clarifying reports that said members of a political party had entered the port’s premises in the first two days after the explosion and the reason behind their entry
Source: Naharnet
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