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Conflict Incident Report
Antoine Sfeir Released One Day after Abdcution
Date of incident:
August 29, 2015
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Municipal council member of the town of Dekwaneh Antoine Sfeir, has been freed on Saturday after he was kidnapped a day earlier, the state-run National News Agency reported. Sfeir was abducted in Dekweneh by a man from the Dandash family and has been taken to the Bekaa town of Hermel. The abductor set him free after settling “personal financial matters,” NNA said. Sfeir was released and has headed to the eastern city of Zahle.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/188612-antoine-sfeir-released-one-day...
Primary category:
Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]
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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