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'Walkie talkies' have exploded across Lebanon following attack on Hezbollah pagers

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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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