British-educated businesswoman at centre of exploding pager plot is in hiding under the guard of Hungarian secret services, her mother says

The businesswoman linked to thousands of deadly pagers which exploded in Lebanon and Syria this week is in hiding, guarded by the Hungarian secret services, her mother has claimed. Ms Bársony-Arcidiacono's mother Beatrix, who lives in Catania, Sicily, told MailOnline her daughter had received unspecified 'threats' and was now 'somewhere safe protected by agents of the Hungarian government'. Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono - the 49-year-old businesswoman linked to thousands of deadly pagers which exploded in Lebanon and Syria this week - is in hiding, her mother has claimed Ms Bársony-Arcidiacono's mother Beatrix, who lives in Catania, Sicily, told MailOnline her daughter had received unspecified 'threats' and was now 'somewhere safe protected by agents of the Hungarian government' The home of Ms Bársony-Arcidiacono's mother Beatrix in Catania, Sicily A hand shows the destroyed pager or paging device that exploded on September 17 Thousands were injured when comms devices across Lebanon and Syria exploded on Tuesday and Wednesday Her mother, Beatrix, 70, said she had been in touch with her daughter but both women been advised 'not to talk to media by the Hungarian secret services. No comment, no comment,' she repeated in response to other questions The head office of the BAC Consulting KFT company is pictured on September 18, 2024 in Budapest, Hungary A radio device exploded in the city of Baalbek is seen as wireless communications device explosions across Lebanon The shocking incident saw scores of Hezbollah members severely injured throughout southern Lebanon and in its capital Beirut A police officer inspects a car in which a hand-held pager exploded, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Her Italian father, Salvatore, a journalist, died many years ago, but by then Cristiana had already left Italy. Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon on September 17 The explosions have massively escalated already high tensions between Israel, Hezbollah and the terror group's allies Civil Defense first-responders carry a man who was wounded after his handheld pager exploded, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024 In May 2022, Cristiana incorporated the company at the heart of the mystery of the pagers.