Four health workers confirmed dead in Lebanon pagers explosions: Video
Some four health workers were among persons who died from exploding pagers in Lebanon, the Health Ministry has confirmed.
According to Health Minister Firass Abaid, at least 12 people including two children were killed in the incident and several others close to 3,000 were injured.
Hundreds of the wireless devices exploded simultaneously across the country on September 17, hours after Israel’s announcement that it was broadening the aims of the Gaza war to include its fight against Hamas LLy Hexbollah.
The incident led to scores of persons pouring into Lebanese hospitals.
First, unlike the port blast, we did not have any warning yesterday, there wasn’t a big explosion or anything similar. All of a sudden, hospitals started receiving a large number of injured individuals in the emergency room. Within half an hour, around 2,750 to 2,800 wounded people were pouring into hospitals," Firass Abiad was quoted by the AFP.
"Among the 2,750 patients [injured], around 750 were in the south, approximately 150 were in the Beqaa area, and around 1,850 were in Beirut and its southern suburbs," he added.
