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Conflict Incident Report

Municipality's employees attacked in Baabda

Date of incident: 
October 7, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

Hazmieh municipal police beat up Baabda-Louaizeh municipal employees outside Al-Futtaim Group's City Center mall, as the latter were attempting to hang a placard calling on residents who live within their municipal area to pay their annual fees.

The area where the employees were hanging the poster lies within the scale of Baabda municipality, not Hazmieh.

Primary category: 
Assault
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.