A year after Beirut blast, Lebanon is reeling under economic and political crises
The Hindu
Lebanon’s political elite still hasn’t formed a government, and Hassan Diab is continuing in his caretaker capacity.
On August 4, the first anniversary of the , residents of the city took out a march with a mock guillotine outside its port that was ripped apart by the explosion. Elsewhere in the city, protesters clashed with police with stones and fireworks. They wanted answers and the guilty to be punished. A year after the blast, in history that killed more than 200 people and injured about 7,000 others, it’s still not clear who was responsible for the incident. Authorities have said that the blast occurred after a fire at a warehouse that had stored , a highly explosive material. But it’s not clear who stored ammonium nitrate in a warehouse in the middle of Beirut’s densely populated city centre or for what. While these questions are yet to be answered, the blast has worsened the country’s economic and political crises, further deepening the public resentment.More Related News