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Conflict Incident Report

Army raids in Akkar

Date of incident: 
January 27, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Lebanese Civilians

A Lebanese Army patrol raided last night places at Mashta Hammoud in Akkar where wanted persons were expected to be found and detained a number of persons wanted over various crimes, the Army said in a statement. It added that the patrol arrested three Lebanese and five Syrians and confiscated an amount of light ammunition and a war gun at one of the wanted places.

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary 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.