Exploding pagers wound "large number" of Hezbollah members in Lebanon, Iran-backed group says
CBSN
Beirut, Lebanon — Lebanon's Hezbollah movement said Tuesday that "a large number" of its members were wounded and at least three people killed when pagers issued by the group exploded simultaneously in locations across the Iran-backed group's Beirut and south Lebanon strongholds. Some Lebanese sources were quoted by news agencies as blaming Israel, but Hezbollah said in its statement that it was still conducting a "wide-ranging security and scientific investigation to determine" the cause of the blasts.
The French news agency AFP and The Associated Press previously quoted Hezbollah officials as saying "several hundred" people were wounded by the device explosions around the country, including members of the group. The Hezbollah statement released later said one girl and two members of the group were killed.
Lebanon's state-run TV said Iran's ambassador to the country, Mojtaba Amani, was injured by one of the blasts, but that he was "conscious and in no danger."
