Cyprus President Christofias blamed for navy base blast
LONDON. October 3. KAZINFORM The president of Cyprus has been blamed by an official investigator for negligence leading to a huge explosion that killed 13 people in July.
Polys Polyviou told a news conference that President Demetris Christofias bore a "serious, and very heavy personal responsibility" for the blast, BBC News reported.
He said the way decaying munitions were stored at a navy base next to a power station was "completely irresponsible".
Cyprus's defence and foreign ministers have already resigned over the affair.
The explosion occurred when nearly 100 containers of seized Iranian munitions, being stored at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari, blew up.
It was the Mediterranean island's worst peacetime military accident.
The dead included the head of the Cypriot navy and six firefighters. Dozens of people were injured.
The explosion also badly damaged Cyprus's largest power station, leading to severe power cuts across the island.
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