After pagers, walkie-talkie explosions rock Hezbollah in Lebanon, 14 dead
Walkie-talkies have blown up at strongholds across Beirut
Reports citing Hezbollah sources have claimed that walkie-talkies have blown up at strongholds across the Lebanon capital city of Beirut, a day after similar explosions occurred in pagers being used by the fighters and medics linked to the militant organisation.
Media reports said "thousands ofwalkie-talkies" blew up, killing at least 14 people and injuring 450 others.
"The wave of enemy explosions that targeted walkie-talkies... killed 14 people and wounded more than 450," the Lebanese health ministry said in a statement.
Lebanon's Red Cross took toX and said that it was responding with 30 ambulance teams to multiple explosions in different areas, including the south of Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley.
The walkie-talkies that exploded Wednesday showed they were made in Japan and were labelled ICOM, Reuters confirmed.
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According to its website, ICOM is a Japan-based radio communications and telephone company.
The company said it had discontinued producing the IC-V82 models of the walkie-talkies, which appeared closely resembling those that exploded in Lebanon.
These devices were purchased five months ago, the same time when pagers were allegedly acquired from a European firm.
Also read:Nine Hezbollah fighters dead; 2,750 injured as ‘Israel explodes’ their communication devices
Earlier, Hezbollah blamed Israel and its spy agency Mossad for planting explosives inside pagers that were detonated on Tuesday. At least nine people were killed and more than 2,800 wounded in the blasts that occurred across Lebanon. More than 200 people were critically injured.
Hezbollah earlier said on Wednesday it had targeted Israeli artillery positions with rockets in the first strike at the Jewish country after pager explosions.
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(With inputs from agencies)