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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Maya Gebeily and Emilie Madi

On Beirut blast anniversary, Christian patriarch condemns government inaction

Families of victims of the August 2020 Beirut port explosion attend a mass held by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai as Lebanon marks the two-year anniversary of the explosion, in Beirut Lebanon August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon's top Christian cleric on Thursday denounced his country's government for failing to bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast, marking the huge explosion's second anniversary with demands for accountability.

Bechara Boutros al-Rai, in a mass commemorating its scores of victims, said God condemned officials who were stalling investigations that the government had no right to block.

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