Investigations into the origins of exploding pagers in Lebanon have linked them to a Kerala-born Norwegian businessman. The attacks, attributed to Israel, resulted in 12 deaths and over 2,300 injuries,

Lebanon: On September 17, the explosions of Gold Apollo pagers in Lebanon, which were supposedly meant to target Hezbollah operatives, led to 12 people dead and hundreds severely injured. Similar blasts in Syria killed 14 people.

Oslo police said it had initiated “preliminary enquiries into the information that had come to light”. Norway's domestic intelligence agency, PST, stated that it was aware of the situation, the Reuters report added.