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Watch: Moment of explosion in Beirut one day after pagers detonate
The moment explosions rang out in Beirut on Wednesday, 18 September, during a funeral procession for a person who was killed when pagers detonated the previous day, was captured on video.
Lebanon’s health ministry says at least nine people were killed and 300 were wounded.
It comes a day after at least 12 people – including two children – were killed and thousands wounded after electronic pagers belonging to Hezbollah simultaneously exploded in Lebanon and Syria.
Reports emerged that hand-held walkie-talkie devices detonated one day after the pager blasts.
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