At least 16 officials from the Beirut port and customs authorities, have been detained in the framework of the investigation on the explosion of deadly and devastating Tuesday of a warehouse containing tons of ammonium nitrate, announced on Thursday that the military prosecutor.
It is " responsible to the board of directors of the port of Beirut and the customs administration, and responsible for the maintenance and (workers) had performed work in the hangar number 12 ", in which were stored the tonnes of ammonium nitrate, stated that the military prosecutor Fadi Akiki in a press release.