A preliminary investigation by Lebanese authorities into the explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies found that they had been rigged with explosives before they reached Lebanon, according to Reuters, citing a letter to the United Nations Security Council. , which is from the UN mission in Lebanon. It added that authorities have determined that the detonated devices were sent via electronic messages. Speaking at the Security Council last night, Lebanon’s foreign minister, Abdallah Bouhabib, described it as an “unprecedented war of cruelty and terror.”
On Tuesday and Wednesday, 37 people were killed and more than 3,250 others, including women and children, injured in a series of explosions involving wireless communication devices, including pagers and two-way radios.
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