Lebanon's National Security Agency informed the president and prime minister last month about the use of ammonium nitrate in the port in an explosion or use in terrorism.
International news agency Reuters claims to have obtained a key official document in which the country's security experts warned the president and prime minister about the threat to the national security of the ammonium nitrate stockpile at the port depot and its misuse. had gone.
According to Reuters, in last month's document, security experts warned the government that 2,750 ammonium nitrate deposits at the port of Beirut could be stolen by miscreants and used in terrorist activities in the country. Let me explode.
The report was sent on July 20 by the General Directorate of National Security to President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Hassan Daib. It is also said that the report summarizes the results of a judicial investigation launched in January, which concluded that the chemicals needed to be stored immediately.
It should be noted that despite the alert on July 20, the Lebanese government did not take any action and on August 4, a terrible explosion took place in the ammonium nitrate deposit, as a result of which 135 people were killed, more than 5,000 were injured and hundreds of houses were destroyed.
