Conflict Incident Report

Army: two arrested in North, Metn

Date of incident:

December 15, 2014

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Military Intelligence

An army intelligence patrol arrested, on 13/12/2014/, Ibrahim Mohammad Saghir, Lebanese, in the North, for belonging to a terrorist group, and for involvement in opening fire at an army unit in Bhannine and tossing hand grenades at military outposts and an RPG on an army bulldozer killing one soldier, a communiqué by the army's guidance directorate indicated on Monday.

The communiqué added that another patrol apprehended the same day in the Metn region wanted Dabbah Maen Jahjah, Lebanese, for involvement in latest Tripoli events, tossing hand grenades at a number of houses, and shooting military men on the road of Halba-Qobayyat, killing one and injuring another.

Investigations with the arrested are still underway under the supervision of the competent judiciary.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/37912/Army-two-arrested-in-North-...

Primary category:

Shooting

Secondary Category:

Arrest/Detention

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.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

Individual acts of violence

Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.

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Conflict Incident Report

Army: two arrested in North, Metn