Taiwanese company Gold Apollo says that it authorized its brand on the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria but that another company based in Budapest manufactured them. Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 2,000. The pagers were manufactured by BAC Consulting KFT, based in Hungary’s capital, according to a statement released Wednesday by Gold Apollo. Gold Apollo said the AR-924 pagers were produced and sold by a company called BAC that was authorized to use Gold Apollo’s trademark in some regions. Experts believe explosive material was put into the pagers prior to their delivery and use in a sophisticated supply chain infiltration.
