Explainer-Beirut port blast: three years on, victims still await accountability

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon on Friday marks the third anniversary of the Beirut port explosion which killed at least 220 people, wounded thousands, and damaged swathes of the city.

Despite the devastation, an investigation has brought no senior official to account. Here is a summary of what happened and how the investigation has been stymied: