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TOKYO: Japanese firm Icom said Thursday that it no longer produces the model of radios reportedly used in recent blasts in Lebanon. 

“The device in question has been discontinued for almost 10 years now,” Icom’s Executive Officer Aaron Camp said. “We haven’t shipped this particular model since October 2014, therefore, any devices on the market are highly likely to be counterfeit.” 

He said that the company has an authorized distributor in Israel and that they sell their products to Israel, adding that the company has not shipped products to Syria or Iran before. “We obey the export control law,” Camp said. “Any country on the list of export control, we have to get special permission.” 

“All of our radios are manufactured by our manufacturing subsidiary, Wakayama Icom Co., Ltd. in Wakayama Prefecture, under a strict management system based on ISO9001/14001/27001, and we never use any parts other than those specified. In addition, all radios are manufactured in the same factory and are not manufactured overseas,” the company said in a statement. 

In the second wave of device explosions in as many days, 20 people died and more than 450 were wounded on Wednesday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, officials said.