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Numerous arrests one day after Baalbeck protests for security
Date of incident:
May 4, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
Arrests in Baalbeck and Brital. Security forces launched raids targeting an unknown number of suspects with pending arrest warrants out against them in the towns of Baalbeck and Brital in the Bekaa Valley. The arrests come the day after Baalbeck residents staged a general strike to demand increased security measures in the area.
Primary category:
Raid
Secondary 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.
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