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Conflict Incident Report

Police arrest one of the protesters of Sharq al Awsat newspaper

Date of incident: 
April 3, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - One of the raiders of ash-Sharq al-Awsat daily newspaper offices has been arrested by the police along with six others who voluntarily gave themselves up, the IFS Directorate of PR Branch disclosed today.

The 42 year-old male and 6 others young men are all of Lebanese extraction and have been placed behind bars following a court of law warrant for their arrest, the IFS PR Directorate concluded.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/59410/Police-arrest-one-of-the-raider...

Primary 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.