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Conflict Incident Report

ISF makes arrest in Zgharta

Date of incident: 
November 17, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

ISF announced it had arrested a thief in the Zgharta town of Majdlaya Thursday. M.Sh., born in 1963, was arrested after he broke into local houses, stealing money and jewelry. “Surveillance cameras in the neighborhood recorded the theft.” Investigations are ongoing.

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.