House sets up committee for naval base explosion

An ad hoc committee is to be set up by the House of Representatives to monitor investigations regarding last week’s deadly blast at the Naval Base ”Evaggelos Florakis”, which resulted in the death of 13 people.

Leaders and representatives of the parliamentary parties, who met  today at the House of Representatives, adopted a proposal submitted by European Party (EVROKO) leader, Demetris Syllouris, to set up an ad hoc committee to monitor investigation procedures, to be carried out by the one member commission of inquiry into the circumstances that led to the deadly blast.

The meeting, which was held under House President Yiannakis Omirou, was also attended by Attorney General Petros Klerides.

In statements after the meeting, Omirou said that the composition of the committee will be announced at a later stage.

On Monday 11th of July, 13 people were killed by a huge explosion at the Naval Base near Limassol.

The explosion caused extensive damage to nearby Vassiliko power plant, leading to power shortage all over Cyprus. Communities in close proximity where also hit, while Mari village suffered most of the damage.

The blast occurred in containers, full of munitions, which Cyprus had confiscated from “Monchegorsk“, a vessel sailing from Iran to Syria in 2009. (CNA)

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