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18/09/2024
By Alexandra Lukash
Security officials arrive at Gold Apollo’s Taiwan office as company’s president addresses reporters, denying responsibility for pager explosions in Lebanon; devices reportedly made by Budapest-based BAC which has unclear ties to Middle East and EU
The model of pagers used in detonations in Lebanon was made by Budapest-based BAC Consulting KFT, Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on Wednesday, adding it had only licensed out its brand to the company and was not involved in the production of the devices.
At least nine people were killed and nearly 3,000 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members detonated simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday. According to a senior Lebanese security source and another source, explosives inside the devices were planted by Israel’s Mossad spy agency.