By Associated Press
Exploding walkie-talkies kill nine and injure at least 300 in new attacks across Lebanon
Multiple explosions went off Wednesday at the site of a funeral for three Hezbollah members and a child killed by exploding pagers the day before, according to Associated Press journalists at the scene.
Lebanon’s health ministry says one person was killed and over 100 were wounded.
Hezbollah and the Lebanese government are blaming Israel for Tuesday’s attack.
Lebanon’s health ministry says one person was killed and over 100 were wounded by exploding electronic devices in the country on Wednesday.
The blasts followed on the heels of multiple exploding pagers used by Hezbollah the previous day, killing at least 12 people and wounding some 2,800.
A Hezbollah official says walkie-talkies used by the group exploded as part of blasts heard in Beirut Wednesday.
The official spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Meanwhile Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that three people were killed by unspecified devices exploding in the town of Sohmor in the Beqaa valley on Wednesday.
It also reported that solar energy systems exploded in homes in several areas, injuring a girl.
Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV has reported explosions in multiple areas of Lebanon on Wednesday, which it said were the result of walkie-talkies detonating.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported several explosions of old “pager devices” elsewhere in Beirut, southern Lebanon, and the eastern city of Baalbek, which took place during several funeral processions for Hezbollah members.
In Baalbek, several wounded were rushed to the hospital, while one device in a Beirut southern suburb exploded inside an apartment.
Large plumes of smoke can be seen from the building in a photo circulated by the NNA.
The Lebanese military urged people not to gather in areas where the incidents are taking place as medical teams try to reach the area.
Associated Press journalists at the scene of a Beirut funeral for four people killed by exploding pagers the previous day have reported hearing multiple explosions at the site.
The journalists reported seeing ambulances arriving at the scene. The nature of the explosions and whether anyone was injured was not immediately clear.
