Eight killed, hundreds injured in pager sets explosions in Lebanon

Beirut, SANA-Lebanese Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that eight people were killed and nearly 3000 were wounded, including 200 critical cases, in explosion of Pager communication sets in several Lebanese areas.

Lebanese National News Agency reported earlier that with high-tech, pager sets were exploded, leaving dozens of people injured in several Lebanese areas, noting that ambulance teams are working to transport the wounded to hospitals.

The Lebanese Health Ministry called on all health staff to urgently head to their workplaces for providing emergency treatment to the massive numbers of injured as a result of pager explosion incidents.
The ministry also called all Lebanese who own pagers to stay away from them until the reasons about the explosions is revealed.

Noura / Mazen Eyon