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Beirut firefighter resumes testimony at Hariri murder trial
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/beirut-firefighter-resumes-testimony-hariri-murder-trial

A veteran Beirut firefighter testified for the second consecutive day before the #The_Hague-based Special Tribunal for #Lebanon on Tuesday in a trial over the 2005 assassination of former prime minister #Rafik_Hariri. Khaled Toubaili, a retired officer from the Beirut fire brigade who led a team of firefighters to the site of the February 14 downtown blast, repeated statements made the previous day in which he described “horrifying” scenes of destruction not witnessed in his 38 years on the job. read more

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Beirut firefighter details carnage at #Hariri blast site
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/beirut-firefighter-details-carnage-hariri-blast-site

A Beirut fire lieutenant who was among the first on the scene of the 2005 explosion that killed 22 people including former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri detailed scenes of carnage as he testified before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Monday. Khaled Toubaili, who led a team of firefighters to the site of the February 14 downtown blast, told #The_Hague-based court that he had never witnessed such destruction in his 38 years on the job. “I cannot forget what happened day. It was horrifying,” he said. read more

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