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ISF arrests two suspected thieves who met in prison

Date of incident: 
December 23, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
ISF Intelligence Branch
Lebanese Civilians

The Internal Security Forces has arrested two men suspected of carrying out several thefts in Beirut after they met in prison and agreed to form a gang.

After a series of thefts, the ISF’s Information Branch launched an investigation and apprehended the suspects, Lebanese nationals identified as A.A., born in 1995, and Kh.A., born in 1992.They were arrested on Dec. 23 in the Beirut southern suburb of Ouzai with an amount of stolen money and a motorcycle that belongs to A.A.

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.