Hundreds of Hezbollah members have reportedly been injured by exploding pagers in an attack triggered Tuesday afternoon across parts of Lebanon and Syria.
Thousands of people have reportedly been injured by exploding pagers across Lebanon and Syria in what appears to be an attack targeting Hezbollah members on Tuesday, reports Reuters and other news agencies. Lebanon’s health minister, Firass Abiad, said at least eight people, including a child, have been killed, and around 2,800 others have been injured, according to CNN.
Reuters and The Wall Street Journal cited anonymous sources saying the pagers that exploded were part of a new shipment the group had recently received and that some people felt the devices heating up, then disposed of them before they exploded. We haven’t seen any reports with confirmed details of how the devices may have been tampered with to make them explode or how they were triggered.
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