More devices exploding across Lebanon: What’s happening?
Al Jazeera
A day after the explosion of thousands of pagers, the detonation of walkie-talkies and other devices kills 14 people.
One day after thousands of pagers exploded across Lebanon, more explosions of handheld devices, including walkie-talkies, laptops and radios, have killed at least 14 people and injured 450.
On Tuesday, the detonation of pagers belonging to Hezbollah members that had been preloaded with explosives had killed 12 people and injured nearly 3,000.
Reports on Wednesday of several simultaneous blasts quickly spread on messaging apps with people sharing images of exploded walkie-talkies and residential buildings on fire. Here’s what we know:
Information is still trickling in, but several blasts were reported in the southern suburbs of Beirut as well as in the southern city of Tyre on Wednesday afternoon.
Images posted on social media showed vehicles on fire and smoke rising from a residential area as reports came in of walkie-talkie radios and even solar cells exploding.
