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Conflict Incident Report

ISF and family clash over hospitalized detainee

Date of incident: 
June 28, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

A dispute in a north Lebanon hospital Wednesday resulted in a police officer firing a warning shot, the National News Agency reported.

An argument erupted between the Internal Security Forces and the family of detainee Chady al-Sharif, who is being treated at the Islamic Hospital in Tripoli.

Chady was arrested on charges of stealing a gun from a police officer in Mina, a town in Tripoli, and stabbing the officer several times.

The fight broke out after Chady’s family attempted to enter his hospital room by force, resulting in an ISF officer firing a warning shot towards the ceiling.

Reinforcements were called in and the family was removed from the hospital.

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary Category: 
Shooting
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.