​​​​​​​Taiwanese Firm Gold Apollo Says It Didn't Make Exploding Beepers From Hell Used By Hezbollah Fighters

Taiwanese pager manufacturer Gold Apollo Co., at the center of the exploding pagers incident used by Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon—resulting in nine deaths and nearly 3,000 injuries—shifted the blame onto Budapest-based BAC Consulting Kft. 

The Washington Post cites Hsu Kuang, the founder of Gold Apollo, who told reporters that BAC Consulting "entirely handled" the AR-924 pager manufacturing process. 

On Wednesday, Kuang told reporters at the company's headquarters in New Taipei City that BAC has been selling Gold Apollo's pager brand for less than two years. He was completely stumped by how a pager could be weaponized into an explosive device. 

"I'm just doing my business, why am I getting involved in a terrorist attack?" he told reporters, adding, "The product was not ours. It was only that it had our brand on it."