<p>Lebanese protestors carried imitation coffins in a symbolic funeral procession from Beirut port Sunday to demand justice, days after the first anniversary of a vast dockside explosion that killed more than 200 people.</p>.<p>Families of the victims were joined by dozens of supporters, some wearing black and carrying burning torches, at an entrance to the port where a warehouse fire on August 4 last year ignited a vast stash of ammonium nitrate, causing one of the biggest peacetime blasts in history.</p>.<p>Wives, sisters and mothers of those killed held portraits of their loved ones and marched ahead of three symbolic coffins covered in flowers, an AFP reporter said.</p>.<p>"Ammonium nitrate did this," read one sign.</p>.<p>Accompanied by drumming from a marching band, the demonstrators marched through the nearby districts of Gemmayzeh and Mar Mikhail, which were heavily damaged by the blast.</p>.<p>"These coffins are symbols to remind people that we carried the coffins of our martyrs," said Ibrahim Hteit, spokesman for a bereaved families' association.</p>.<p>"We deserve the truth and we deserve justice for our loved ones. We're not going to give up," he said.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, thousands of people demonstrated in Beirut to mark the anniversary of the blast, voicing outrage that nobody has been held responsible for the disaster which left 214 people dead.</p>.<p>The ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive fertiliser, had been stored for years at the port with no safety precautions, according to the government itself.</p>.<p>The explosion wounded 6,500 people and caused billions of dollars-worth of damage.</p>.<p>Yet a judicial enquiry into the disaster has made little progress.</p>.<p>Former ministers are suspected of complicity in the negligence which culminated in the explosion.</p>.<p>Lebanon's deeply unpopular ruling class have been accused of making every effort to torpedo the investigation and avoid prosecutions.</p>.<p>"The crime goes on, lift immunity!" read one placard at Sunday's rally.</p>.<p>Helene Ata, a psychologist who lost her twin brother Abdo, 38, called on Lebanese citizens to hit the streets every day until justice is served.</p>.<p>"The pain gets worse every day, under the shadow of injustice around this affair, officials' inaction, their avoiding justice," she said.</p>.<p>"A year later, it's as if nothing happened," she said.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>Lebanese protestors carried imitation coffins in a symbolic funeral procession from Beirut port Sunday to demand justice, days after the first anniversary of a vast dockside explosion that killed more than 200 people.</p>.<p>Families of the victims were joined by dozens of supporters, some wearing black and carrying burning torches, at an entrance to the port where a warehouse fire on August 4 last year ignited a vast stash of ammonium nitrate, causing one of the biggest peacetime blasts in history.</p>.<p>Wives, sisters and mothers of those killed held portraits of their loved ones and marched ahead of three symbolic coffins covered in flowers, an AFP reporter said.</p>.<p>"Ammonium nitrate did this," read one sign.</p>.<p>Accompanied by drumming from a marching band, the demonstrators marched through the nearby districts of Gemmayzeh and Mar Mikhail, which were heavily damaged by the blast.</p>.<p>"These coffins are symbols to remind people that we carried the coffins of our martyrs," said Ibrahim Hteit, spokesman for a bereaved families' association.</p>.<p>"We deserve the truth and we deserve justice for our loved ones. We're not going to give up," he said.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, thousands of people demonstrated in Beirut to mark the anniversary of the blast, voicing outrage that nobody has been held responsible for the disaster which left 214 people dead.</p>.<p>The ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive fertiliser, had been stored for years at the port with no safety precautions, according to the government itself.</p>.<p>The explosion wounded 6,500 people and caused billions of dollars-worth of damage.</p>.<p>Yet a judicial enquiry into the disaster has made little progress.</p>.<p>Former ministers are suspected of complicity in the negligence which culminated in the explosion.</p>.<p>Lebanon's deeply unpopular ruling class have been accused of making every effort to torpedo the investigation and avoid prosecutions.</p>.<p>"The crime goes on, lift immunity!" read one placard at Sunday's rally.</p>.<p>Helene Ata, a psychologist who lost her twin brother Abdo, 38, called on Lebanese citizens to hit the streets every day until justice is served.</p>.<p>"The pain gets worse every day, under the shadow of injustice around this affair, officials' inaction, their avoiding justice," she said.</p>.<p>"A year later, it's as if nothing happened," she said.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>