What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages

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What The Papers Say: Wednesday's Front Pages
Wednesday's front pages focus on a range of stories from Hizbullah vowing revenge after at least nine people were killed after pagers exploded to gardaí arresting five men over a major drug operation. 
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Wednesday's front pages focus on a range of stories from Hizbullah vowing revenge after at least nine people were killed after pagers exploded to gardaí arresting five men over a major drug operation.

The Irish Times reports at least nine people were killed, and 2,750 wounded, many seriously, on Tuesday afternoon, when pagers carried by Hizbullah militants exploded across Lebanon and Syria.

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The Irish Examiner lead with a piece about one of Ireland’s biggest drug trafficking networks being hit by Gardaí as part of an international operation targeting the use of encrypted phones by organised crime groups to order murders and drug shipments.

The Echo reports that over €6 million has been paid out by Cork County Council due to injuries from footpaths.

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In the UK, a wave of exploding pagers in Lebanon and Syria dominates the front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers.

The Times says the “simultaneous detonations maim thousands of militia fighters” while The Daily Telegraph reports the explosions rocked Hezbollah with 3,000 people injured and nine killed.

The attack is labelled a “cyberhit” by The Independent while the Financial Times says a child is among the dead from the explosions of “low-tech pagers”.

The Guardian says Hezbollah has vowed to strike back at Israel, who have been blamed for the attacks, while the Daily Mail reports the explosions have put the Middle East on the brink.

“Exploding pager hell” is the headline in the Daily Mirror, which splits its front page between Lebanon and an interview with a young man at the centre of the Huw Edwards case after the former newsreader was spared a jail term for three counts of making indecent images of children.

Elsewhere, the Daily Express says 1.7 million households will not turn on their heating this winter to save money.

The Metro concentrates on the bravery of Hannah Hunt as Kyle Clifford,  the ex-boyfriend of her sister Louise Hunt, faces court accused of killing Hannah, her mother, Carol, and sister, Louise.

And the Daily Star reports that a scientific discovery could result in a real-life zombie incident with the deceased coming back to life.

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