Video appears to show pager explosion at Lebanon supermarket

Thousands of people were injured when pagers belonging to Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously.

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Thousands of people were injured and at least eight killed when pagers belonging to Hezbollah members exploded almost simultaneously across Lebanon.

BBC Verify analysis of the video suggests it was uploaded after the blasts took place, and the date and time shown on the CCTV match reports of when the pagers exploded.

It has so far not been possible to verify the location of the video.

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