Relatives of victims of the Aug. 4, 2020, explosion tagged the walls and doors of Justice Minister Henri Khoury's home. (Credit: Facebook screenshot/Sali Hafiz)
BEIRUT — Some relatives of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion spray painted messages on the entrance walls and door of Justice Minister Henri Khoury’s house, a video posted on social media on Wednesday shows.
Here’s what we know:
• Facebook user Sali Hafiz shared a live feed of the incident to the social media platform, with the remark “from the justice minister’s residence.
• The video shows activists writing messages with spray paint in a building that has no electricity. “Who killed these people?” reads the inscriptions on the wall, followed by a list of several names of the victims of the explosion.
• Victims’ families and activists protest regularly against the obstruction of the investigation into the explosion. Judge Tarek Bitar’s investigation has repeatedly been stalled due to appeals filed against him by Lebanese politicians he has sought to prosecute.
• Last week, Gen. Tony Saliba was reappointed as Director General of State Security, although he is implicated in the investigation. Two former ministers and incumbent MPs, Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zeaiter, who were summoned for questioning in the Beirut probe, are running in the upcoming parliamentary elections on the Amal Movement’s list.