Russian Foreign Ministry: detonation of pagers in Lebanon is a new type of terrorist attack

On September 17 and 18, communications equipment, including pagers and radios, were detonated in different parts of Lebanon. According to official data, 32 people were killed, more than 3 thousand wounded.

YEREVAN, September 20 - Sputnik. The massive detonation of pagers in Lebanon is a completely new type of terrorist act with the use of new technologies, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

“This is a completely new kind of terrorist act, which combines both such a scale and such an application of new technologies, seemingly civilian-oriented, but used for terrorist purposes,” Zakharova said at a briefing ‘on the margins’ of the Eurasian Women's Forum.

On September 17 and 18, communications equipment, including pagers and walkie-talkies, detonated in different parts of Lebanon. According to official data, 32 people were killed, more than 3 thousand wounded. It is not yet known what caused the simultaneous explosion of thousands of devices. “Hezbollah and Lebanese authorities have blamed Israel for the incident.

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