Lebanese court removes judge leading Beirut blast investigation

Move follows legal challenges by senior officials who Judge Fadi Sawan had accused of negligence that led to the blast.

A Lebanese court has removed the judge leading the investigation into last year’s Beirut port blast, a move likely to further delay a probe that has faced fierce political pushback. More than six months since the largest non-nuclear blast in history, Lebanese people still have no answers about why or how tonnes of ammonium nitrate, stored unsafely at the port for years, detonated in the heart of the city. The explosion killed 200 people, injured thousands and destroyed entire districts.