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ISF arrests Syrian for sexual assault charges
Date of incident:
April 24, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
One Syrian was arrested on April 24 in sexual assaults of several minors in the Abi Samra locality of Shawk, a communiqué by the Internal Security Forces indicated.
During his interrogation, the arrested, born 1951, confessed to having sexually offended and raped minors--five of whom have been identified and examined by a coroner.
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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