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Conflict Incident Report

Army seizes car with ammunition in Jbeil's Bir Hayth

Date of incident: 
November 9, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The army checkpoint in Bir al-Hayt Square in the district of Jbeil seized a four-wheel "Toyota Cruiser" with "Kalashnikov" gun, military quiver and ammunition on its board, NNA field reporter said.
In details, the "Toyota" unidentified driver failed to stop at the army checkpoint at Bir Hayt square, completing his way towards the direction of the town of Mashan, where he parked his car and fled into the valley.

Instantly, army patrols moved to said site and combed the valley in a bid to arrest the perpetrator. In the meantime, the military police launched investigations into the incident.

Primary category: 
Arms Storage/Smuggling
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.