Conflict Incident Report

Syrian fires target fishing boats at Arida, three fishermen captured

Date of incident:

December 24, 2014

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Syrian Armed Forces

Syrian Coast guards on Wednesday opened fire at fishing boats off Arida border village, confiscated one of them, dragged it into Syrian regional waters and detained the persons who were on it, National News Agency correspondent reported.

The field reporter added that the boats are owned by two Lebanese persons from Arida village who were fishing as usual off the said village when the Syrian coast guards opened fire on them and hit one of the boats owned by Fadi H. from Arida village.

He added that the confiscated boat is owned by Khaled Hassan Al-Rashidi from Binnine village and that the guards detained Al-Rashidi, Bachir Al-Mechmichani and a Palestinian person who were on the boat.

Khaled Rashidi's family called upon concerned persons to release the detained persons, threatening to close roads if the captured persons were not released.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/38313/Syrian-fires-target-fishing...

Primary category:

Shooting

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.

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Syrian fires target fishing boats at Arida, three fishermen captured