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Conflict Incident Report

George Haddad Street closed to traffic for the suspicion of a booby trapped car

Date of incident: 
October 25, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The Traffic Management Center (TMC) reported that the Lebanese army closed George Haddad district near the Beirut seafront of Gemayzeh to traffic when suspicions arose about a parked booby trapped car.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/35360/George-Haddad-Street-closed...

Primary category: 
Dismantlement of Explosives/Demining
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.