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Police arrest suspect in celebratory gunfire
Date of incident:
July 19, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
ISF Intelligence Branch
East Lebanon police arrested a man suspected of celebratory gunfire in Baalbeck, Internal Security Forces said on Twitter. An ISF Intelligence Branch patrol apprehended 50-year-old Zaher Aqeel in the town of Bednayel near Baalbeck for shooting a weapon, the Twitter statement said. Lebanon’s Education Ministry released the remaining exam results for vocational and technical education students. Celebratory gunfire is common after exam releases in Lebanon, despite stray bullets injuring bystanders and on June 29, killing a man in Baalbeck.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
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.
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