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Conflict Incident Report

Minor abducted in South Lebanon

Date of incident: 
August 14, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Internal Security Forces arrested two people for abducting a minor.

According to a claim filed by the abductee’s mother, Manal, Mohammad Ajam and his son were responsible. Ajam, born in 1975, was arrested first, in Sidon - his town of residence. His son Alaa, born in 2001, was later found with the victim at the Rmeileh Resort Hotel in south Lebanon’s Rmeileh, following an investigation. The kidnapped victim has been identified as Nawja H. 

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]
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.