Japanese company ‘Icom’ has said it has stopped making a model of the radio used in the recent explosions in Lebanon about 10 years ago.
“The IC-V82 is a hand-held radio that was manufactured and exported, including to the Middle East, from 2004 to October 2014. It was discontinued approximately 10 years ago and has not been supplied by our company since then,” the company said in a statement.
They add that they cannot confirm that it is their devices.
“The production of the batteries required for the operation of the main unit has also been suspended, and the hologram seal to distinguish counterfeit products has not been attached, so it is not possible to confirm whether the product was shipped from our company,” the statement said.
He adds that products for foreign markets are sold exclusively through authorized distributors, and that the export program is based on Japanese safety trade surveillance regulations.
“All of our radios are manufactured at our manufacturing subsidiary, Wakayama Icom Inc., in Wakayama Prefecture, under a strict management system…so that no parts other than those specified by our company are used in the product. In addition, all of our radios devices are manufactured in the same factory,” the statement said.
In the second wave of device explosions in as many days, 20 people were killed and more than 450 wounded on Wednesday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, officials said.
A source close to Hezbollah said the walkie-talkies used by its members exploded in its Beirut stronghold, and state media reported similar explosions in southern and eastern Lebanon.
There are no comments from Israel yet. The White House warned all parties against “escalation of any kind”, Klix.ba writes.
