MADRID, February 23 (EUROPA PRESS) –
A British court has ruled that the company Savaro Ltd has responsibility towards the victims of the August 2020 registered explosion at the Beirut port, which killed more than 220 people, the Beirut Bar Association reported on Thursday. .
The agency has indicated in a statement that the company, which will purchase the cargo of ammonium nitrate that caused the explosion, will have to pay compensation to the victims of the event, in the first ruling of its kind since the disaster.
The ruling comes after a lawsuit was filed in 2021 against the London-based company for purchasing the materials, after which British Justice claimed in June 2022 to reveal the identity of the economic beneficiaries.
Similarly, it has been highlighted that in the “second stage of proceedings”, the court will determine the “amount of compensation to be paid.” “Justice will surely come,” MP Melhem Jalaf said on his Twitter account.
Popular unrest has intensified in recent months over the blockade of investigations in Lebanon and the delay in lifting the immunity of former ministers and lawmakers who have been summoned by judges to testify in the course of the investigation, among others. was former Prime Minister Hassan Diab, who resigned amid a wave of protests after the event.
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