Conflict Incident Report

Two Soldiers Drown as Military Boat Capsizes Off Akkar Coast

Date of incident:

January 30, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Two soldiers drowned on Saturday morning after a military boat capsized off the northern coast of Akkar, reported Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).
It said that the patrol boat had departed the northern city of Tripoli and headed North when it capsized.
Two other soldiers, Shadi al-Zoghby and Rabih Ghandoura, were rescued.
The victims were identified as Hassan al-Jamal and Elias Matar.
A military helicopter was deployed to locate the vessel, which was found later on Saturday morning.
The army later explained that an unforeseen “technical malfunction caused the partial sinking of the vessel.”
“Contact was also lost with its crew,” it added.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/200805-two-soldiers-drown-as-military...

Primary category:

Personal Accident [inc. drowning, suicide...]

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

Two Soldiers Drown as Military Boat Capsizes Off Akkar Coast