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Conflict Incident Report

Citizen arrested after attempting to kill his ex-wife

Date of incident: 
October 27, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

On 26 Oct 2017, in Zahle, a Lebanese National stormed a residential complex and fired his Kalashnikov heavily in the air to terrorize the residents of the complex and enter his ex-wife's house located on the first floor. The man managed to break into the house in an attempt to murder his ex-wife, frantically shooting around the place. No injuries reported. The shooter managed to escape, but not for long, as a patrol of the Bekaa investigation department successfully captured him on 27 Oct 2017 morning in Baalbek.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.