[ MEMO ] Lebanon premier blames corruption for fuel tank explosion

By | August 16, 2021

Lebanon premier blames corruption for fuel tank explosion

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab has blamed corruption for Sunday’s fuel tanker explosion, describing the incident as a “humanitarian tragedy”, reports Anadolu Agency. At least 28 people were killed and 79 others injured when a fuel tanker exploded in Akkar region in northern Lebanon early Sunday.

Lebanon’s caretaker premier Hassan Diab talks to reporters at the Rafik Hariri Hospital in the capital Beirut, on February 14, 2021, as the country kickstarts its COVID-19 inoculation campaign with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. – Lebanon gave its first COVID-19 vaccine dose to a doctor, as it started inoculation it hopes will keep the pandemic in check amid a deepening economic crisis. Photo: ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab has blamed corruption for Sunday’s fuel tanker explosion, describing the incident as a “humanitarian tragedy”, reports Anadolu Agency.

At least 28 people were killed and 79 others injured when a fuel tanker exploded in Akkar region in northern Lebanon early Sunday.

“What happened in Talali town in Akkar is a humanitarian tragedy caused by corruption,” Diab said in a statement.

Diab called on the Lebanese authorities to mobilise all efforts to cope with the repercussions of the blast and appealed to Lebanon’s High Relief Commission to provide all possible assistance to the injured and affected people.

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