Japanese company says it stopped producing radio connections used in Lebanon bombings ten years ago

The Japanese producer has distanced from radio connections carrying its logo that erupted in Lebanon, saying it stopped producing equipment a decade ago.

At least 20 people were killed and 450 were injured after hundreds of radio connections -- some used by the Hezbollah armed group -- exploded throughout Lebanon on Wednesday, Telegraphy broadcast.

The equipment, according to photos and videos of the consequences of the attack, appeared to be IC-V82 radio connections produced by Icom, an Osaka-based producer.

But Icom says it has not produced or exported IC-V82, nor the batteries needed to use them.

This is the second Asian company to be involved in bombing incidents in Lebanon this week, as thousands of pegeries who apparently erupted linked to the Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo, killed at least 12 people and injured more than 2,000.

Gold Apollo founder Hsu Ching-Kung flatly denied that his company had any connection to the attacks, saying he licensed its trade brand at a company in Hungary called BAC Consulting.