Taiwan company Gold Apollo denies producing explosive-packed Hezbollah pagers
The Hindu
Gold Apollo denies producing explosive pagers for Hezbollah, refuting New York Times report on deadly blasts in Taipei.
Taiwanese company Gold Apollo on Wednesday (September 18, 2024) denied a report that it had produced hundreds of explosive-packed pagers used by Hezbollah members which simultaneously exploded, killing at least nine people.
"They are not our products from beginning to end. How can we produce products that are not ours?" company head Hsu Chin-kuang told reporters in Taipei after the New York Times reported that his company's pagers were involved in the blasts.
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