At least 12 people including two children were killed and thousands more injured, after pagers used by the armed group Hezbollah to communicate dramatically exploded across the country on Tuesday.
It is unclear how the highly sophisticated attack occurred, though Hezbollah has blamed its adversary Israel. Israeli officials have so far declined to comment. Analysis of fragments from the pagers suggested they were made by the Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo, but the CEO denied this and said they had been made under licence by a company in Hungary. On Wednesday afternoon there were reports of further explosions involving walkie-talkies in southern Beirut. The blasts began in Lebanon's capital Beirut and several other areas of the country at about 15:45 local time (13:45 BST) on Tuesday. Witnesses reported seeing smoke coming from people's pockets, before seeing small explosions that sounded like fireworks and gunshots. In one clip, CCTV footage appeared to show an explosion in a man’s trouser pocket as he stood at a shop till. Citing US officials, the New York Times said that the pagers received messages that appeared to be coming from Hezbollah's le...