A British report revealed new details about Hungarian businesswoman Cristiana Barsoni Arcidiaconu, who became the center of attention after her company was involved in manufacturing the automatic pagers that were blown up in Lebanon on September 17 and 18.
The bombings that rocked Lebanon, killing 37 people and injuring thousands, were linked to devices manufactured by BAC, a company headquartered in the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
A former close friend of Christiana, who spoke to British media, revealed that “this lady surrounded her professional life with secrecy and mystery.”
“She always avoided answering questions about her work, and would just say it was just normal business. No one knew exactly what she was doing,” he said.
Suspicions began to surround Christiana after it was announced that the pagers used in the bombings were produced by her company.
Questions increased when American reports revealed a complex network of front companies linked to the Israeli intelligence (Mossad), of which BAC m
ay have been a part.
For her part, Christiana Barsoni, 49, categorically denied any involvement or prior knowledge of this network or any conspiracy, she said.
Taiwanese company Gold Apollo, which is considered one of the largest manufacturers of pagers, also denied any connection to these explosions, stressing that ‘the devices used in the incident were produced by the Hungarian company BAC, which holds a license to use the Gold Apollo trademark.’
According to the Daily Mail, Christina Parsoni remains a mysterious figure surrounded by many questions, as investigations continue into the circumstances of the Lebanon bombings and Parsoni’s company’s possible connection to “illegal operations of an international intelligence nature.”
A large number of pagers exploded in different parts of Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday, injuring more than 3,000 people and killing 37. The cause of the simultaneous explosion of dozens of devices is not yet known. Hezbollah and the Lebanese authorities blamed Israel for the i
ncident.
This comes as mutual targeting continues in southern Lebanon, between Hezbollah on the one hand and the Israeli army on the other, since the outbreak of the Israeli war on Gaza, after the launch of Operation ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ on October 7, as the two sides exchange shelling across the border on an almost daily basis. However, the intensity of tensions has escalated recently, to a large extent, coinciding with Israeli threats to launch a large-scale attack on the northern front with Lebanon.
There are growing global fears of a war between Israel and Hezbollah, which could turn into a wider regional conflict that would drag in other countries in the region.
Source: Maan News Agency