Sixteen port employees detained over deadly Beirut explosion

Sixteen employees at Beirut’s port have been detained over the explosion that killed more than 100 people and wounded thousands, according to reports.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency quoted Government Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Fadi Akiki as saying that 18 people have been questioned so far.

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