As a symbol, the collapse of two grain silos in the port of Beirut last Sunday showed the damaging effects of the inertia into which Lebanon is sinking instead of facing the consequences of the disaster that bled its capital two years ago. On August 4, 2020, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate, carelessly stored in a port hangar in full view of authorities, caused one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, destroying half of the city, killing at least 215 people. injuring another 6,500 people and leaving 300,000 Beirutis homeless.
Since? Nothing. The material damage is still visible, even though it is slowly fading the life and taste of the party, which is rediscovering in the youth, but an intact collective trauma, which no shadow of justice can soothe. The national inquiry entrusted to Justice Tarek Bitari has been deadlocked for seven months as this respected judge…
Source: Le Figaro
