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Beirut blasts: More ‘communication devices’ explode in Lebanon day after Hezbollah members killed
Blasts have been heard in Beirut a day after 12 people were killed by pager explosions across Lebanon.
Reuters has cited a security source and a witness as saying communications devices used by Hezbollah have detonated in the country’s south and in the southern suburbs of the capital.
Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV reported explosions in multiple areas of Lebanon, which it said were the result of walkie-talkies detonating.
Middle East latest: Fresh wave of blasts heard in Lebanon
Smoke rises from a shop in Sidon, south of Beirut, after the explosions on Wednesday. Pic: Reuters
At least one of the blasts heard took place near a funeral organised by Hezbollah for those killed yesterday, Reuters said.
Three people were also reportedly killed in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa region in the latest wave of attacks, according to Reuters, citing the country’s state news agency.
This comes after nearly 3,000 people were injured and 12 killed by pager explosions in Lebanon on Tuesday.
Two children were said to be among the dead, according to Lebanese health minister Firas Abiad.
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