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The Lebanese owner of a cruise ship sunk by the huge explosion
that destroyed the port of Beirut is filing a lawsuit “all those
responsible”, the country’s state news agency has said, as anger
builds over the disaster.

'Martyrs for corruption': the family mourning three firefighters
missing in Beirut explosion

Two crew members of the Orient Queen were killed and seven
others wounded on Tuesday when a huge shipment of ammonium
nitrate caught fire and caused an explosion that levelled the
port and gutted entire swathes of the city.

Angry Lebanese plan a major protest in central Beirut on
Saturday, amid scrutiny of how 2,750 tonnes of the dangerous
material could have been stored so close to residential
neighbourhoods for years – despite repeated warnings of the risk
it posed.

A former port worker, Yusuf Shehadi, told the Guardian he had
been instructed by the Lebanese military to house the chemicals
in warehouse 12 at the port despite repeated protests by other
government departments. Dozens of bags of fireworks were stored
in the same hangar.

Shehadi said he had spoken to former colleagues at the port who
said workers had been attempting to fix a gate outside warehouse
12 with an electrical tool ahead of the blast. “This was at 5pm,
and after 30 minutes they saw smoke. Firefighters came, and so
did state security. Everyone died.”

The country’s president, Michel Aoun, said the cause of the
blast was still unclear and did not rule out the possibility of
a hostile act.

The National News agency reported on Friday: “Entrepreneur Merhi
Abou Merhi, the owner of the Orient Queen cruise ship, has filed
a lawsuit against all those responsible for this catastrophic
blast.”

The agency said the suit was the first of its kind and could
pave the way for similar legal action in the coming days and
weeks.

The large cruise ship, which can accomodate at least 300 guests
and houses a casino, was docked in its home port when disaster
struck.

The provisional death toll for the explosion is 154 but the
figure is expected to rise since dozens of people are still
reported missing and large numbers of injured are still
hospitalised in critical condition. The explosion wounded at
least 5,000 and caused unprecedented damage across the city.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/08/beirut-explosion- cruise-ship-owner-sues-those-responsible-as-more-protests-loom

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