Firm linked to exploding pagers in Lebanon linked to shabby, anonymous apartment block in Gulgaria

A FIRM linked to exploding pagers in Lebanon is registered to an anonymous, shabby apartment block in Bulgarian capital Sofia.

Norta Global Ltd is among hundreds of foreign companies listed at a ground floor attorney’s office there.

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Norta Global Ltd, the firm linked to exploding pagers in Lebanon, is registered to this shabby apartment block in Sofia, Bulgaria[/caption]

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A damaged device discarded on the ground[/caption]

Bulgarian security agency Dans entered the building yesterday as it said it will probe any links to the sale of pagers to Hezbollah.

The devices exploded across Lebanon in coordinated attacks this week.

Bulgarian media reported Norta Global took delivery of parts from Taiwan before manufacturing the pagers.

At some stage, they were turned into weapons.

Hungarian company BAC Consulting was also linked but said it was only an “intermediary” to a deal with a Taiwanese supplier.

Norta Global chief Rinson Jose has fled to the US.

A source said: “His colleagues have tried to reach him, but he’s on business in America and is not answering calls.”

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People gather as fire fighters put out the fames at the scene of a reported device explosion in Lebanon[/caption]

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Funeral of pager blast victims in Lebanon[/caption]