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Conflict Incident Report

Army: Ammunition, weapons seized in a house in Akkar

Date of incident: 
November 17, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

An Army unit arrested Toufic Abdel Salam Lahlouh and Saadeh Attieh during a search of Lahlouh's house in Bhannin - Akkar, the LAF said in a statement.
"The troops seized Kalashnikov-type rifles, RPGs, hand grenades and military ammunition and equipment," the statement read.
"The detainees were handed over, together with the seizures, to the competent authorities," the statement said.

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary Category: 
Arms Storage/Smuggling
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.