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Hungarian Intelligence Interviews CEO Linked To Exploding Hezbollah Pagers


A photo taken on September 18 in Beirut's southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers.
A photo taken on September 18 in Beirut's southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers.

Hungarian intelligence services have conducted several interviews with the CEO of BAC Consulting, a Budapest-based company linked to the deadly explosions of pagers used by Hezbollah members this week, the Hungarian government said on September 21. Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on September 18 that the model of pagers used in the detonations in Lebanon were made by BAC Consulting, adding it had only licensed out its brand to the company and was not involved in the production of the devices. Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono, 49, the Italian-Hungarian CEO and owner of BAC Consulting, told NBC News earlier this week that she did not make the pagers and said she was "just the intermediate."

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