In a televised address, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said he backed calls by ordinary Lebanese for those responsible for "this crime" to be put on trial. It will make no difference if there is a new government," Joe Haddad, a Beirut engineer, told Reuters. ACCOUNTABILITYThe Lebanese army said on Monday that another five bodies were pulled from the rubble, raising the death toll to 163. Some Lebanese doubt change is possible in a country where sectarian politicians have dominated since the 1975-90 conflict. It's a mafia," said Antoinette Baaklini, an employee of an electricity company that was demolished in the blast.

Source: bd News24 August 10, 2020 14:26 UTC