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Conflict Incident Report

Army: Ras Serj bomb weighing 400 grams, ready for detonation

Date of incident: 
August 17, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

NNA - A Lebanese Army unit seized at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday a 400-gram explosive device connected to a normal and fuse detonator and ready to go off, a Lebanese Army communique said. 

A military expert duly arrived to the scene and worked on dismantling the bomb, the army communique added. 

Primary category: 
Dismantlement of Explosives/Demining
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.