Conflict Incident Report

Anonymous attack alcohol shop in Akkar

Date of incident:

February 8, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Armed militants

Lebanese Civilians

ISF(internal security forces)

Two anonymous on a motorcycle tossed today a hand grenade at a grocery shop that sells alcohol in the Akkar town of Bekaia, wounding its owner, National News Agency correspondent reported on Monday. In details, citizen Issa Habib Hanna was closing his shop in Bekaia next to Wadi Khaled near borders with Syria, when two anonymous aboard a motorcycle tossed a hand grenade at him. The man was wounded and transferred to a nearby hospital, while flames devoured key parts of the shop. Security forces started investigations to uncover assailants.

Source Link:

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/56458/Anonymous-attack-alcohol…

Primary category:

Explosion

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):

Power & governance conflicts

Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.

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Conflict Incident Report

Anonymous attack alcohol shop in Akkar