BUDAPEST: Hungarian intelligence services have interviewed the CEO of BAC Consulting, a Budapest-based firm linked to the recent deadly pager explosions involving Hezbollah members, the Hungarian government announced on September 21.
Taiwanese pager manufacturer Gold Apollo revealed on September 18 that the pagers used in the detonations in Lebanon were produced by BAC Consulting, emphasizing that it only licensed its brand to the company and was not involved in manufacturing the devices.
Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono, the 49-year-old Italian-Hungarian CEO and owner of BAC Consulting, stated in an earlier interview with NBC News that she did not produce the pagers, describing herself as “just the intermediary.”
at least 37 people, including two children, and injured more than 2,900 others across Lebanon in pager explosions for which Hezbollah accused Israel.
Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah had warned that Israel will receive “just punishment” for the waves of communications device explosions that killed 37 people and injured nearly 3,000 over two days in Lebanon.
In his first speech since the device blasts, Hassan Nasrallah Israel will face “tough retribution and just punishment, where it expects it and where it does not.” He said that he would not give further details of the place, timing or nature of Hezbollah’s retaliation.
