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Army seizes arms and drugs during raid in Baalbeck
Date of incident:
July 27, 2016
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
NNA - An army unit came under fire by gunmen as it was storming into wanted houses in the locality of Baalek's Wasaa; the matter that triggered the army to respond to fire sources and arrest two of the gunmen who got wounded, army command said in a communiqué on Monday.
The two wounded gunmen were transferred to a local hospital for treatment.
In the meantime, army forces continued to prosecute the remaining gunmen who managed to flee towards the locality's outskirts. The army arrested three of them.
The army seized during the raid an amount of military rifles, grenades, ammunition and drugs, as well as a number of illegal cars.
The arrested persons and the confiscated items were handed over to the concerned authorities.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category:
Arms Storage/Smuggling
Classification of conflict (primary):
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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