Cyprus questions owner of ship whose cargo caused Beirut Port explosion
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:10 P.M.) – Reuters quoted a security source in Cyprus as saying that the authorities have located the supposed owner of the ship whose cargo caused the explosion at the Port of Beirut.
“There was a request from Interpol in Beirut to locate this person and ask some questions to him regarding this shipment,” police spokesman Christos Andrew said in a statement.
A Cypriot security official said that this person (whose name has not been released) was interrogated at his home in Cyprus on Thursday, noting that the answers from the owner of the ship carrying the ammonium nitrate shipment were transmitted to the Lebanese authorities.