Conflict Incident Report

LAF raids Bhannine

Date of incident:

October 26, 2014

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Armed militants

The LAF Orientation Directorate said in a statement on Sunday that the army continued its military operations against terrorist groups in the city of Tripoli and its surroundings.
The statement added that military units expanded their area of deployment in the town of Bab-Tabbaneh, responded to fired, and searched the premises for terrorist militia.
The communiqué stated that a military force raided at dawn on Sunday the Salam school in Bhannine where militiamen were hiding. Many of them were injured and others were arrested, while the rest fled.
The army seized two booby-trapped cars, one a Rapid and the other a Mercedes, near Salam school.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/35387/LAF-raids-Bhannine

Primary category:

Raid

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.

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LAF raids Bhannine