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Beirut Judge issues arrest warrant for ex-energy minister over 2020 port blast

Beirut, Oct 12 (UNI/Sputnik) The chief judge in the investigation of the explosion in the port of Beirut issued an arrest warrant for the former Lebanese Minister of Energy, Ali Hassan Khalil, TV channel LBCI Lebanon News reported on Tuesday, citing its own informed source.
On October 4, the investigation into the Beirut port bombing was reopened, as the Lebanese Court of Appeal rejected a request to remove the chief judge Bitar, filed on September 27 by Former Lebanese Interior Minister, Nohad El Machnouk, after Bitar summoned him for questioning as part of an investigation.
"The former Minister Ali Hassan Khalil did not appear before the judicial investigator in the Beirut Port blast case, Judge Tarek Bitar. His legal representative also did not attend, the reason why Bitar issued an arrest warrant for him," the source told LBCI channel.
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