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   The Lebanese owner of a cruise ship sunk by the huge explosion   
   that destroyed the port of Beirut is filing a lawsuit “all those   
   responsible”, the country’s state news agency has said, as anger   
   builds over the disaster.   
      
   'Martyrs for corruption': the family mourning three firefighters   
   missing in Beirut explosion   
      
   Two crew members of the Orient Queen were killed and seven   
   others wounded on Tuesday when a huge shipment of ammonium   
   nitrate caught fire and caused an explosion that levelled the   
   port and gutted entire swathes of the city.   
      
   Angry Lebanese plan a major protest in central Beirut on   
   Saturday, amid scrutiny of how 2,750 tonnes of the dangerous   
   material could have been stored so close to residential   
   neighbourhoods for years – despite repeated warnings of the risk   
   it posed.   
      
   A former port worker, Yusuf Shehadi, told the Guardian he had   
   been instructed by the Lebanese military to house the chemicals   
   in warehouse 12 at the port despite repeated protests by other   
   government departments. Dozens of bags of fireworks were stored   
   in the same hangar.   
      
   Shehadi said he had spoken to former colleagues at the port who   
   said workers had been attempting to fix a gate outside warehouse   
   12 with an electrical tool ahead of the blast. “This was at 5pm,   
   and after 30 minutes they saw smoke. Firefighters came, and so   
   did state security. Everyone died.”   
      
   The country’s president, Michel Aoun, said the cause of the   
   blast was still unclear and did not rule out the possibility of   
   a hostile act.   
      
   The National News agency reported on Friday: “Entrepreneur Merhi   
   Abou Merhi, the owner of the Orient Queen cruise ship, has filed   
   a lawsuit against all those responsible for this catastrophic   
   blast.”   
      
   The agency said the suit was the first of its kind and could   
   pave the way for similar legal action in the coming days and   
   weeks.   
      
   The large cruise ship, which can accomodate at least 300 guests   
   and houses a casino, was docked in its home port when disaster   
   struck.   
      
   The provisional death toll for the explosion is 154 but the   
   figure is expected to rise since dozens of people are still   
   reported missing and large numbers of injured are still   
   hospitalised in critical condition. The explosion wounded at   
   least 5,000 and caused unprecedented damage across the city.   
      
   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/08/beirut-explosion-   
   cruise-ship-owner-sues-those-responsible-as-more-protests-loom   
       
      
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