An independent state-appointed investigator on Monday said Cypriot President Demetris Christofias’s negligence led to a munitions blast in Cyprus in July that triggered a government crisis and talk the island may receive an EU bailout.
Thirteen people died in the July 11 explosion of confiscated Iranian munitions stored at a navy base in the south of Cyprus in scorching weather conditions for more than two years.
Investigator Polys Polyviou said Christofias and his defence and foreign affairs ministers, who resigned in the wake of the blast, were to blame. The president has denied responsibility.
