The warrant is part of an international investigation into how thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies were planted with explosives and how they made their way to Lebanon.
Police inspect a car in which a handheld pager exploded, in Beirut, Lebanon on September 17, 2024. Photo: AP
Hezbollah and the Lebanese government have blamed Israel for the two-day attacks, which killed at least 39 people and injured more than 3,000, including civilians. Israel has not officially confirmed or denied its involvement.
“On behalf of the Oslo police, we have issued an international arrest warrant today,” said Åste Dahle Sundet, a spokesman for Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Agency. However, the agency declined to provide the name and nationality of the wanted man, only saying he worked for a company in Norway.
The 39-year-old man traveled to the United States last week but disappeared upon arrival, according to Norwegian newspaper NTB. He was reported missing on Wednesday.
The CEO of DN Group, the Norwegian company the man worked for, said they had "tried to contact our employee without success since hearing about serious allegations relating to his personal activities, which the company was completely unaware of and had nothing to do with DN Group".
“We have not heard from him since last Wednesday and do not know where he is. This worries us,” added DN Group CEO Amund Djuve.
The man, who holds a Norwegian passport and has lived in Norway for 12 years, but was born in another country, is said to be one of the founders of a Bulgarian company allegedly involved in supplying pagers to Hezbollah.
The Bulgarian company was not the only entity implicated in the shipment of pagers to Lebanon.
Last week, Taiwan-based Gold Apollo, whose name appeared on the explosive devices, said it had authorized BAC Consulting in Budapest, Hungary, to use its brand on the devices, but insisted the Hungarian company was responsible for manufacturing and design.
Hungary's Special State Security Service questioned the CEO of BAC Consulting "multiple times" as part of the investigation, but said it believed the company was not involved in planting the explosives.
The investigation found that the pager devices were never present on Hungarian territory and no Hungarian companies or specialists were involved in their production or modification.
Norway's domestic security agency PST said earlier it was investigating whether a Norwegian citizen was linked to the company that sold explosive devices in Lebanon. PST stressed that this was not an official investigation and there were no specific suspicions against the man at this time.
Cao Phong (according to AP)
Source: https://www.congluan.vn/na-uy-truy-na-nguoi-dan-ong-lien-quan-den-vu-no-may-nhan-tin-o-lebanon-post314147.html
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