The understanding is that they ditched their cell phones and were given these pagers months ago as a means of communication that could be not be tracked like a cell phone. Therefore, they were bought and distributed in bulk. That would mean the supply chain was intercepted at some point.
Pagers were used 20 years ago.
If 1000 have exploded - they were supplied in batch(es), not purchased in the store by every person separately.
That means: The explosives have been installed.
Whoever is founding it was likely a supplier. It looks like a cleanup / cover up operation.
The understanding is that they ditched their cell phones and were given these pagers months ago as a means of communication that could be not be tracked like a cell phone. Therefore, they were bought and distributed in bulk. That would mean the supply chain was intercepted at some point.
Ever see Netflix, The Wire? All the dealers in the 'hood ditched cell phones for pagers, because police had a wire on the phones.