Conflict Incident Report

Several Dead, Injured in Akkar Land Plot Dispute

Date of incident:

July 13, 2015

Death toll:

2persons

Number of Injured:

7persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The Lebanese army contained on Monday a family dispute in the northern district of Akkar that left several people dead and wounded, the state-run National News Agency and Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) reported.
NNA said that Ahmed Hamza was killed and his brother Shaalan and three others were injured when the dispute on a land plot between members of the Hamza family in the town of Safinat al-Qateeh turned into a gunfight.
VDL said, however, that at least two people died and seven, including two soldiers, were injured. The wounded were taken to hospitals in the region.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/184557-several-dead-injured-in-akkar-...

Primary category:

Brawl/Dispute

Secondary Category:

Murder

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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Conflict Incident Report

Several Dead, Injured in Akkar Land Plot Dispute