Conflict Incident Report

3 killed, 3 wounded in east Lebanon traffic dispute

Date of incident:

February 25, 2017

Death toll:

3persons

Number of Injured:

3persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

Three people were killed, including a child, and three others wounded in a gunfight between members of a family in the east Lebanon city of Baalbeck. The National News Agency reported that a gunfight erupted Saturday between the members of Shouman family over a traffic dispute. Sareen Fawqa municipal member Aref Shouman and the children of Shouman Shouman were initially involved in the incident over road priority. The dispute developed into armed clashes, killing Mohammad Zalfo Shouman and soldier Shouman Shouman, and wounding three others. One of the wounded was in a critical condition, according to the NNA. The NNA said that a number of different kinds of weapons were used in the gunbattle. The news agency later said that a child, identified as Hussein Shouman, was killed in the armed clashes.

Source Link:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Feb-25/395165-…

Primary category:

Clashes/Armed Conflict

Classification of conflict (primary):

Power & governance conflicts

Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

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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3 killed, 3 wounded in east Lebanon traffic dispute

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