Lebanese justice minister meets families of port explosion detainees

Several Beirut port officials were arrested in relation to the deadly explosion in 2020, and their families want them released.
Maronite clergymen pray near damaged grain silos at the port of Lebanon's capital on Aug. 4, 2021.
Maronite clergymen pray near damaged grain silos at the port of Lebanon's capital on Aug. 4, 2021, on the first anniversary of the blast that ravaged the port and the city. - ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images
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Lebanon’s justice minister met today with families of those detained in relation to the Beirut port explosion. 

A delegation representing 15 detained individuals met with Justice Minister Henri Khoury in his office. They demanded the release of their loved ones until an investigation is completed, the official National News Agency reported.

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