Deadly explosions reportedly caused by walkie-talkies have been heard in Lebanon the day after exploding pagers killed at least 12 people and wounded 3000.
The blasts on Wednesday (early on Thursday AEST) killed at least one person and wounded more than 100, Lebanon’s health ministry said, blaming exploding electronic devices in multiple regions of the country.
Multiple explosions went off 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.
A security source told CNN the devices that detonated were walkie-talkies and that preliminary information suggested that there were between 15 to 20 explosions in southern suburbs of Beirut.
The source said there were a further 15 to 20 blasts in southern Lebanon.
The walkie-talkies were less widely used than the pagers that blew up on Tuesday, as they had only been distributed among people organising crowds, such as funerals and marches, the source said.
“The Army Command asks citizens not to gather in areas witnessing security incidents to allow the arrival of medical teams,” the Lebanese Army warned citizens in a post on X.
Pictures taken by Reuters show emergency services responding to what appears to be further explosions in Sidon, Lebanon, on Wednesday.
A separate video captured by Agence France-Presse shows people running for cover in Beirut.
The new blasts came with Lebanon still thrown into confusion and anger after the Tuesday’s pager bombings, which appeared to be a complex Israeli attack targeting Hezbollah members.
At least 12 people were killed, including two children, and some 2,800 people wounded as hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members began detonating in several parts of Lebanon and in Syria.
More to come.
– Reported with Associated Press and CNN
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