Conflict Incident Report

Gunmen Open Fire at al-Jadeed Building

Date of incident:

September 19, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Armed militants

Unknown assailants opened fire at dawn Saturday at al-Jadeed television building in Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA said the incident took place around 2:30 am.
Forensic experts inspected the location of the shooting and the TV station is waiting for the results of the investigation, the agency added.
The attack happened hours after the station was cleared of charges of contempt for publishing details of witnesses in the trial of the alleged killers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The Hague-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon also on Friday cleared al-Jadeed's deputy chief editor, Karma Khayat, of one charge of contempt, but found her guilty of obstruction of justice for failing to remove the broadcast from the TV's website and social media as ordered.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/190149-gunmen-open-fire-at-al-jadeed-...

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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Gunmen Open Fire at al-Jadeed Building