You are here
Conflict Incident Report
ISF arrests alleged sextortionist
Date of incident:
November 16, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
The Internal Security Forces Friday announced the arrest of a man suspected of attempting to blackmail an underage girl with “compromising” photos of her that he had obtained, the suspect as Lebanese national H.Z., born in 1999, and said he identified himself online as Tirex.
He was arrested after the girl filed a complaint saying the suspect had threatened to publish photos of her on social media “if she did not meet his wishes,” the statement said.
He was arrested in Baabda’s Hadath and referred to the judiciary for investigation.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category:
Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]
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.
Nearby Incidents
Baabda / Demonstrations to protest the violence
Baabda / LAA bombard presidential palace
Baabda / Clashes between LF forces and PSP continue
Baabda / PSP shelling over East Beirut and its suburbs
Baabda / Assault on school bus transporting children in Kfarshima