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Conflict Incident Report

Shooting in front of Deir el Amal Hospital

Date of incident: 
September 6, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
3persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

The Lebanese army arrested several young men for opening fire in front of the Universal "Dar Al-Amal" Hospital, causing the injury of three persons, against the background of the death of Fatima Sadeq Awdeh from the town of al-Khodar, east of Baalbek.

Primary 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.