Grieving and angry Lebanese mark year since horrific blast

A woman holds a picture of her son, who was killed in the massive blast last year at the Beirut port (Hussein Malla/AP)

Families of the victims and several thousand Lebanese united in grief and anger to mark one year since the horrific explosion at Beirut’s port with a moment of silence and prayers at the foot of the silos that was shredded by the blast.

A group of stone-throwing protesters clashed with security forces near Parliament, which they accuse of blocking the investigation into the port blast by refusing to lift immunity of senior politicians implicated in negligence that led to the explosion.