Conflict Incident Report

2 arrested after stabbing young man to death in Ashrafieh

Date of incident:

February 17, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

Lebanese Civilians

On 17 Feb 16, media reported that a young man died of his wounds on Tuesday evening after being stabbed by two men during a brawl in Beirut's Ashrafieh district. The verbal dispute soon escalated into a fistfight during which the two young men stabbed him several times. The two assailants fled the area before being eventually arrested by an undercover police patrol, identifying them as 19-year-old Palestinian national Ahmed Saad and 31-year-old Lebanese citizen Hassan Faqih.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/202334-2-held-after-stabbing-young-ma...

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.

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Conflict Incident Report

2 arrested after stabbing young man to death in Ashrafieh