Taipei prosecutors say no Taiwanese citizens or companies were involved in the exploding pager attack against Hezbollah members in October, which killed 12 people. They said the pagers were manufactured and shipped outside of Taiwan by a firm called Frontier Group Entity, which was using the name of the Taiwan-based Gold Apollo under license.
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00:00Taiwan says no Taiwanese citizens or companies were involved in the exploding pager attack
00:05in Lebanon in October.
00:07Taipei prosecutors say the pagers carried the name of the Taiwan-based company Gold
00:11Apollo.
00:13But they were manufactured outside of Taiwan by a firm called Frontier Group Entity, which
00:18used the Gold Apollo name under license.
00:21Twelve people were killed and more than 2,750 injured when pagers used by members of the
00:26militant group Hezbollah exploded simultaneously.
00:30Israeli media has reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed responsibility
00:36for the coordinated attack during a cabinet meeting.