Families of Lebanon blast victims call for immunity to be lifted

A Lebanese man who lost his son during the last year’s massive blast at Beirut’s seaport, shout slogans as he pushed back by a Lebanese army soldier (Hussein Malla/AP)

Families of the victims of last year’s massive blast at Beirut’s port protested in the capital to pressure parliament to lift immunity on three politicians as requested by the judge leading the investigation into the explosion.

One of the protests took place near the residency of Parliament speaker Nabih Berri, where the legislature’s justice committee was meeting over the immunity request.