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Suspect in hit and run arrested in Sidon
Date of incident:
January 21, 2018
Death toll:
1 person
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
A man suspected of killing a man in a hit and run accident in the southern city of Sidon has been arrested by security forces, a security source told The Daily Star.
The suspect, identified as Hussein Mahmoud Karim, was arrested by local Internal Security Forces personnel in Sidon.
Karim was reportedly driving a Skoda Rapid on the main Tyre road when he struck and killed Lebanese national Hussein Ismail Dabbouq, born in 1963, as the latter was crossing the street.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.
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