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Fadi Sawan

Fadi Sawan

First investigative judge in Beirut port blast case

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As soon as the judge started getting at them, they removed him right away," said William Noun, whose firefighter brother died in the blast.

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Beirut port blast: Bulgarian court jolts global push for accountability

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Removed from the case in February 2021 after charging senior officials

Five years after a warehouse of ammonium nitrate obliterated much of Beirut, a Bulgarian court has just refused to send the man tied to the ship that carried the chemicals back to Lebanon. The man is Igor Grechushkin, a dual Russian‑Cypriot businessman. Sofia's judges said Lebanon hadn't convincingly promised he would be shielded from the death penalty if extradited.

Updated 6 days ago