Conflict Incident Report

Woman suffers severe burns, foul play suspected

Date of incident:

June 27, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

A woman from Tyre was admitted to hospital with severe burns Friday.

Foul play is suspected, and her husband, who also suffered minor burns, is the prime suspect.

Marie Antoinette Fakhoury, 27, was rushed to hospital with burns that her husband said resulted from an accident as she “was cleaning her body with alcohol after a bath.” Neighbors dismissed the story as a fabrication.

After receiving emergency treatment at a hospital in Tyre, Fakhoury was transferred to Jeitawi Hospital in Beirut. She remains in critical condition. Police have launched an investigation into the incident to determine whether the husband intentionally caused the blaze.

His testimony to interrogators was unconvincing, according to a security source, and he will remain in custody while police conduct a preliminary probe. Fakhoury’s husband belongs to the Kanaan family, from the coastal city of Byblos. He married Fakhoury two years ago against the will of her mother, according to neighbors, and was blamed for an ongoing dispute between the two.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Jun-27/304014-woman-s...

Primary category:

Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]

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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Woman suffers severe burns, foul play suspected