Conflict Incident Report

Police arrest north Lebanon man accused of abusing teenage daughters

Date of incident:

February 8, 2017

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

Internal Security Forces (ISF)

BEIRUT: Police in north Lebanon arrested a father who allegedly used sharp tools to abuse his two teenage girls, state media said.

The National News Agency reported that the father, identified by the initials J.S., "brutally" harmed his two teenage girls, aged 12 and 14.

He was taken to the Qobeiyat police station.

The NNA said that the father admitted to the charges, while the two girls were taken to their grandma's house.

The two girls said in their testimonies the father, 38, abused them by "holding them captive inside a bathroom, hitting them and burning them using an iron bar."

The statement said that the two girls were checked by a coroner, who said in his report that "one of the girls suffered multiple burns on her face and the other on her hands."

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.

Source Link:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Feb-08/392831-…

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

Secondary Category:

Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]

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.

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Police arrest north Lebanon man accused of abusing teenage daughters