The death toll from a series of new ICOM wireless communication device explosions in Lebanon has risen to 20.

The death toll in Lebanon from the explosions of ICOM wireless communication devices Wednesday has risen to 20, with more than 450 injured, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

The ministry had previously mentioned in two statements the increasing number of dead and wounded in the explosions, which represent an extension of the simultaneous explosions that occurred Tuesday to a large number of pager devices, which led to hospital emergency rooms being filled within half an hour with numbers of wounded exceeding their capacity.