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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests suspects in violent Baalbeck carjacking

Date of incident: 
July 18, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces has arrested five suspects involved in a violent carjacking that took place in Tamnin al-Tahta in Baalbeck several months ago, an ISF statement reported.

The suspects, all said to be Syrian, were identified as Aa.Aa., born in 1996; A.Sh., born in 1996; Z.Aa., born in 1995; M.Kh., born in 1992; and M.S., born in 1990. They were arrested on Tuesday and Wednesday in different Bekaa areas, including Zahle city, Tamnin al-Tahta and Ablah in the district of Zahle.

The suspects confessed to stealing a Renault and beating the man who was driving it, and later selling the car to another person who is wanted by the ISF, the security agency said.

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.