Conflict Incident Report

Gunmen kidnap one person in Arsal

Date of incident:

October 14, 2014

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Armed militants

Gunmen in two four-wheel drive vehicles without a plate and with dark windows kidnapped on Tuesday one person in Arsal.
The kidnapped, Abdel Ghani Zaaarour, used to live in one of the Syrian refugees' camps, and was kidnapped in a land he was leasing and taken to Arsal terrains.

Abdel Ghani Zaaarour, who was kidnapped in Arsal by gunmen was released after threats by his relatives to burn the Syrian refugees' camp he was abducted from, the NNA correspondent reported.
The kidnapped was attacked and beaten by the abductors.

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http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/34800/Zaarour-released-after-thre...

Primary category:

Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]

Classification of conflict (primary):

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.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

Border conflicts (Syrian border)

Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.

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Conflict Incident Report

Gunmen kidnap one person in Arsal