Conflict Incident Report

Lebanese truck driver survives landmine explosion at alNussaib Crossing

Date of incident:

April 6, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

Lebanese truck driver, Abdel-Halim Mahmoud Abdallah, survived a landmine that went off as he was passing through al-Nussaib Crossing on his way back to his home town of Beit Younes in Akkar on Monday," NNA correspondent in Akkar reported, adding that "huge damages were inflicted on his refrigerated truck as a result of the blast."

"Abdallah miraculously reached his hometown safely after surviving the landmine explosion that hit his truck along the Syrian border, and after getting through the various risks along the road from the Syrian-Jordanian border to the Syrian-Lebanese border," NNA correspondent indicated.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/42622/Lebanese-truck-driver-survives-...

Primary category:

Explosion

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):

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

Lebanese truck driver survives landmine explosion at alNussaib Crossing