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Army arrests suspect in Aley murder case
Date of incident:
January 22, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
The Lebanese Army arrested a man suspected of murder, after a body was found inside a tank of asphalt in Aley, an Army statement said.
The deceased, identified as Syrian national Nayef Omar al-Askar, born in 1994, was found Sunday strangled and handcuffed at the bottom of the tank.
Syrian national Yasser Fawaz al-Azi has been arrested in connection to the killing.
It took more than two hours to recover Askar’s body, the NNA reported at the time.
The suspect has been referred to court for further investigation.
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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