Conflict Incident Report

Alert in Burj Al Barajneh camp, contacts to protest against fighting

Date of incident:

November 24, 2014

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

1 person

A state of tension and alert prevails over Burj Al-Barajneh camp on the background of the morning clash which led to the death of a Syrian woman and the injury of another person.

Residents rushed to take their children out of school after two groups belonging to Fatah mobilized their elements.

Contacts are being made inside the camp to start a popular march to protest against fighting.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/36818/Alert-in-Burj-Al-Barajneh-c...

Primary category:

Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]

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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Conflict Incident Report

Alert in Burj Al Barajneh camp, contacts to protest against fighting

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