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Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests man suspected of involvement in Palestinian camp shootout

Date of incident: 
September 28, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Fatah

Lebanese Army Intelligence Friday arrested a Fatah Movement official suspected of being involved in an armed shootout in the Mieh Mieh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon, according to a security source.

The Army arrested the official, identified as H.R., near one of the camp’s entrances. The source said he is an officer in the Palestinian National Security Forces in the camp who allegedly participated in a shootout there earlier this month.

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.