Conflict Incident Report

Officer dead, two soldiers wounded in a bomb shell explosion at an Army tank in Minnieh

Associated Timeline/Case:

Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)

Date of incident:

October 25, 2014

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

2persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Armed militants

Gunmen attacked Saturday afternoon an Army patrol tank using a rocket-propelled grenade in the region of Minnieh in the North, nearby "Haroun Mosque," causing the death of an officer and the injury of 2 soldiers," a Lebanese Army Orientation Directorate communiqué indicated. Army units are currently tracking down the perpetrators, in order to arrest and prosecute them, the communiqué added. http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/35369/Officer-dead-two-soldiers-w...

Primary category:

Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]

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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Conflict Incident Report

Officer dead, two soldiers wounded in a bomb shell explosion at an Army tank in Minnieh