Nasrallah warns against 'taking country to strife' after Tripoli boat tragedy
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday urged a fast probe into the Tripoli boat tragedy, stressing that “no one should be allowed to plunge the country into strife.”
“All of the elements of the investigation are known and hurrying up in the probe is the least duty that one can do,” Nasrallah said in a speech marking Ramadan’s Qadr Night.
“We must not allow anyone to take the country to strife and this incident must be addressed at the national level,” he added.
Nasrallah also called on the government to “stand by the families.”
At least six people were killed and many went missing when a migrant boat capsized off Tripoli as it was being chased by the Lebanese navy.
Violent protests erupted in Tripoli in the wake of the tragedy, with many accusing the army of deliberately forcing the boat’s sinking. The army meanwhile announced that the boat’s captain crashed the boat into a navy vessel as he was maneuvering to escape.
Source: Naharnet
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