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Baalbeck Army raid kills man with 200 warrants for arrest
Date of incident:
November 30, 2018
Death toll:
1 person
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians
One of Lebanon’s “most prominent” fugitives along with three other wanted men were killed in a Lebanese Army raid in the Baalbeck towns of Al-Sharawneh
Joseph Hamdan Jaafar, also known as Ali Jaafar, had 200 warrants out for his arrest for crimes including shooting at an Army patrol, killing and injuring a number of Army personnel, forming a gang, drug dealing, impersonating security personnel, forging official documents and dealing military weapons, an Army statement said.
Jaafar and three other suspected gang members were killed in a firefight with Army personnel who had erected security checkpoints and raided houses in the area early Friday morning in an effort to crack down on fugitives in the area.
Primary category:
Raid
Secondary Category:
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
Classification of conflict (primary):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.
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