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Kidnapping-Terrorism Suspect Arrested as Army Searches for Abducted Man

Date of incident: 
August 8, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

The Lebanese army said Friday that it arrested in the eastern district of Baalbek a Lebanese man wanted on kidnapping and terrorism charges as troops searched for an abducted university student. Farhat Ali Farhan Ismail, who was arrested in the town of Brital, has been involved in the detention of several people last year and has participated in terrorist activities, robberies and shootings, said an army communique. The military said troops found in his possession an M4 assault rifle, a gun and ammunition. According to the state-run National News Agency, the army clashed with suspects wanted for several crimes, including the recent kidnapping of a young Lebanese man. The clashes erupted when troops were pursuing the gunmen on the outskirts of Brital, NNA said.Soldiers were able to arrest Ismail and three others, among them a Syrian and Palestinian, the agency added.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/186755-kidnapping-terrorism-suspect-a...

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.
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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