Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah were not made in Taiwan, Taiwan's economy minister said on Friday.Taiwan-based Gold Apollo said this week it did not manufacture the devices used in the attack,

The company, Gold Apollo, said it had not manufactured the devices, pointing to another company that it said was licensed to use its brand.

Gold Apollo said Hungary-based BAC was licensed to use its brand in certain regions, as the militant group Hezbollah said there would be a “severe reckoning” over the blasts.