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Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests five in Beirut suburbs for openly carrying weapons

Date of incident: 
August 5, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Lebanese Army late Saturday night announced the arrests of five people in Beirut’s southern suburbs on charges of openly carrying weapons, robbery and drug abuse.

An Army statement said four of the suspects were Lebanese nationals and one was a Syrian national, adding that an investigation had been launched.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Arms Storage/Smuggling
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.