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‘Throw away your phones!’: Panic in Beirut’s southern suburbs during funerals for pager attack victims

As the funeral procession for the victim's of Tuesday's pager attacks began in Ghobeiri, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a new wave of communication device explosions rang out.

‘Throw away your phones!’: Panic in Beirut’s southern suburbs during funerals for pager attack victims

The coffin of one of the four victims of the pager explosions is carried during their funeral in Ghobeiri, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, on Sept. 18, 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Today)

“It’s nothing! It’s nothing!” Despite a man in the crowd’s desperate shouts, it was already too late — an explosion echoed through Aref Naamani Street in Ghobeiri on Wednesday, during the funeral procession for four victims of the previous day’s...
“It’s nothing! It’s nothing!” Despite a man in the crowd’s desperate shouts, it was already too late — an explosion echoed through Aref Naamani Street in Ghobeiri on Wednesday, during the funeral procession for four victims of the previous day’s...