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Conflict Incident Report

ISF member found dead at Foreign Ministry

Date of incident: 
October 5, 2017
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
On October 4, an Internal Security Forces' member working at the Embassies' Security Unit was found dead at the Ashrafieh-based Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 
The body was discovered at the officers' room at the ministry’s backyard in Ashrafieh with a gunshot wound to the head and a pistol in the hand; the shot is believed to have been fired from a distance of five centimeters. The officer is reportedly from the Hujeiri family. 
 
 
Primary category: 
Murder
Secondary Category: 
Shooting
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.