Beirut blast judge to question top politicians, security officials

FILE PHOTO: A view shows damages at the site of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

BEIRUT (Reuters) -The judge in charge of the investigation into the Beirut port blast will seek to question top politicians and security officials, Lebanon's national news agency said on Friday, almost a year after the explosion that devastated the capital.

The blast in August, blamed on a huge quantity of chemicals left for years in poor storage conditions, deepened a political and economic crisis in the heavily indebted country.