Report: Bitar Focusing on Owners, Buyers of Ammonium Nitrate Shipment
Beirut port blast investigator Judge Tarek Bitar does not seem to be in a hurry to set dates for the interrogation of the politicians who are accused in the case, seeing as he has dedicated his work this week to hearing testimonies of civilian witnesses, a media report said.
The investigative judge will complete some measures before scheduling interrogation session for the politicians – ex-PM Hassan Diab and MPs Ghazi Zoaiter, Ali Hassan Khalil and Nouhad al-Mashnouq – as well as former military and security leaders,” informed sources told Kuwait’s al-Anbaa newspaper in remarks published Tuesday.
“This investigation in this period is focusing on the foreign part, in terms of reinforcing the information related to the ammonium nitrate shipment, its owners and the companies involved in its purchase. He will also follow up on the writs that were sent to countries that have to do with the file,” the sources added.
A judicial source meanwhile said that “there is no deadline for the end of the investigation, nor for the issuance of the indictment in this file, amid the obstruction that the probe is facing and the recusal lawsuits that are being filed against Judge Bitar, which force the suspension of the investigation pending rulings on them.”
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