Families of port blast victims storm justice ministry

Families of the Beirut port blast victims stormed Friday the Justice Ministry, to protest a decision by caretaker Justice Minister Henri Khoury to name an alternate investigator in the Beirut port blast case.

The protesters were forced to leave the building by security forces members. They couldn't manage to reach the minister's office.

Dozens of relatives of the victims of the blast have been protesting since Wednesday against the decision, calling the move an attempt by the country's political class to prevent justice into one of the world's largest non-nuclear explosions.

They raised banners against the politicization of the probe.