Lebanon’s Communications Ministry said the walkie-talkie devices that exploded in the country on Wednesday were a discontinued model made by Japanese company ICOM.
The IC-V82 radios were not supplied by a reputable agent, were not officially licensed and had not been vetted by security services, the ministry said.
ICOM did not respond to a request for comment from CNN . On its website, the company says that the IC-V82 has been discontinued and almost all models currently in circulation are counterfeits.
Photos circulating on social media on Wednesday claiming to show some of the exploded devices bear markings consistent with IC-V82, an analysis of the CNN .
Explosions kill 20 in Lebanon
New explosions were reported in Lebanon on Wednesday (18), a day after pager detonations injured thousands of people. The devices that detonated on Wednesday were walkie-talkies, a security source said. to CNN .
At least 20 people died and more than 450 were injured, according to the local Health Ministry.
Preliminary information indicates that between 15 and 20 explosions occurred in the southern suburbs of Beirut and another 15 to 20 explosions in southern Lebanon.
The walkie-talkies are less widely used than the pagers that exploded on Tuesday, as they have only been distributed to people organizing crowds such as funerals and marches, the source said.
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