Conflict Incident Report

Two wounded and one killed in a dispute in Akkar

Date of incident:

September 13, 2017

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

2persons

One person was killed and two others were injured when a personal dispute escalated into gunfire in the Akkar town of Ain al-Zahab.

A man was killed by a shot to the chest from a hunting shotgun as two toddler girls were lightly injured. The death of the man created a state of tension in the town as security agencies sought to pacify the situation.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.

Source Link:

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/235322-one-killed-two-wounded-…

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.

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Two wounded and one killed in a dispute in Akkar