Hungarian company under scrutiny following pager explosions

Wednesday, Sep 18, 2024

Der Standard

Hungarian firm linked to Pager explosions in Lebanon; Taiwanese company denies involvement.

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International attention shifted to a small Hungarian company amid rising casualties from pager explosions in Lebanon, as the Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo, whose brand was on the detonated wireless receivers, denied responsibility and pointed to BAC Consulting in Budapest, stating that the AR-924 model pagers were designed and produced there, with Gold Apollo only providing the name.

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