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Conflict Incident Report
ISF: Information Branch released kidnapped businessman
Date of incident:
January 22, 2016
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
The ISF General Directorate issued a statement reporting that the Information Branch has managed in just 24 hours to release businessman Raji Chamoun and arrest one of his kidnappers in an ambush on the abductors' way to Bekaa.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/55599/ISF-Information-Branch-released...
Primary category:
Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]
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.