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Conflict Incident Report
17-year-old boy hit by stray bullet in Akkar
Date of incident:
April 25, 2018
Death toll:
1 person
Number of Injured:
0persons
A teenage boy died in a hospital, after being shot in the head by stray bullet in the Akkar town of Fnaydeq in northern Lebanon two weeks ago.
Osama Abd al-Karim Ayash, 17, was transported to Tripoli’s Mazloum Hospital after being hit by the bullet. The source of the bullet is still unknown.
Ayash succumbed to his injuries Wednesday afternoon at the same hospital.
Primary category:
Shooting
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.
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