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Conflict Incident Report

Residents in Baalbeck blocked road after young man died from cancer

Date of incident: 
October 28, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

أفاد مراسل "النشرة" في بعلبك، بأنّ "أهالي بلدة ​حوش الرافقة​، قطعوا طريق غربي بعلبك، احتجاجًا على وفاة ابن بلدتهم "حسين. ك" البالغ من العمر 21 عامًا، بعد معاناة مع مرض ​السرطان​ بسبب تلوث مجرى ​نهر الليطاني​

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
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.