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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Maya Gebeily

To parents of toddler killed in Beirut blast, Lebanon's vote 'means everything'

Tracy Najjar, whose daughter Alexandra was killed in the 2020 Beirut port explosion, holds her baby during an interview with Reuters in Beit Mery, Lebanon May 14, 2022. Picture taken May 14, 2022. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah

Their index fingers stained with purple ink, Paul and Tracy Naggear emerged solemnly on Sunday from a polling station in the Lebanese capital – less than 2 km (1 mile) from where their daughter was killed in a chemical blast less than two years ago.

The couple just voted in parliamentary elections, the first since the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion that killed more than 215 people, including their three-year-old daughter Alexandra, nicknamed Lexou.

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