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Beirut blast judge issues arrest warrant for ex finance minister Khalil

Published: 12 Oct 2021 - 11:23 am | Last Updated: 27 Oct 2021 - 05:34 pm
File photo: Lebanon's Finance Minister Youssef Khalil is pictured at the Ministry of Finance in Beirut, Lebanon October 1, 2021. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

File photo: Lebanon's Finance Minister Youssef Khalil is pictured at the Ministry of Finance in Beirut, Lebanon October 1, 2021. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

Reuters

Beirut: The lead judge investigating last year's catastrophic Beirut port blast issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for former finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil after he failed to show up for questioning, a judicial source and local media said.

Khalil was not immediately available for comment. 

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