AMMAN, Jul 9 (NNN-PETRA) – Eight people were charged on Thursday, over the deadly chlorine gas leak, in the southern Jordanian port city of Aqaba.
Jordanian Judicial Council spokesperson, Walid Kanakreeh, said, the charges issued by the prosecutor general include, offenses causing deaths and damages to others’ property.
They were also charged with violating the management instructions of hazardous materials and waste, under Jordan’s Environmental Protection Law, Kanakreeh said.
Arrest warrants have been issued for the eight people, said the Jordanian Public Prosecution Office, adding that, the investigation is still underway.
Thirteen people, including five foreigners, have been killed, in the toxic gas leak on Jun 27, after a cable, lifting a storage tank filled with 25 tonnes of chlorine, snapped, sending the tank crashing down to the deck of a ship, at the Aqaba port.– NNN-PETRA
