The Taiwanese company Gold Apollothe company that was in charge of the pagers that caused at least 9 deaths and more than 4,000 injuries among the ranks of the terrorist organization Hezbollahhas denied this Wednesday any connection with the incident and has revealed that these devices were manufactured by a company based in Hungary called BAC Consulting KFT. Gold Apollo has indicated, in a statement published on its social networks, that it maintains “a long-standing association” with this company and that, “according to a cooperation agreement”, the Taiwanese company allows the second “the use of the brand for the sale of products in designated regions. “The design and manufacturing of the products is the responsibility of BAC,” he said.
This has been stated by the president of the Asian company, Hsu Ching-Kuangwho assured, during a press conference in Taiwan, that the devices used in the explosions against members of the Shiite militia party Hezbollah were not manufactured by Gold Apollo. Furthermore, the businessman has announced that he will file an international lawsuit for everything that happened, alleging that he has been “ruined.”
In the statement published by the Taiwanese company it is specified that, in relation to the model AR-924 “We clarify that this model is produced and sold by BAC.” “Our company only provides authorization for the use of the brand and is not involved in the design or manufacturing of this product,” they stressed.
Furthermore, the company has stated in its statement that “Gold Apollo Co. Ltd. always complies with the regulations relevant and maintains transparent and compatible partnerships with its collaborators.
The explosions
The attack, whose authorship has been attributed to the State of Israel, would have been planned by the Mossad, the intelligence of the Jewish nation, who managed to hide explosive material inside a lot of 3,000 searches imported to Lebanon and branded by the Taiwanese company.
The devices carried a quantity of between 30 and 60 grams of explosives which was housed next to the battery and a remote control system that was detonated simultaneously once it was in Lebanese territory. Specifically, all the pagers that were on received a message at 3:30 p.m. which caused the detonation after a beep of several seconds. Although there have been 9 deaths and more than 4,000 injured, it is currently unknown how many people affected are members of the Shiite terrorist organization.
It should be said that among the injured is the Iranian ambassador in Beirut, Mojtaba Amini. From the capital of Lebanon, both the Government and Hezbollah have linked what happened to Israel and have promised a response, although the Israeli authorities have not commented, amid an uptick in clashes that has raised fears of the possibility of a expansion of the conflict in the Middle East.
