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Conflict Incident Report

Army apprehends Bekaa shooter

Date of incident: 
January 26, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Military Intelligence

Army Intelligence today arrested Manaf Hassan Qassem, key suspect of opening fire at a number of shops in Bait Shama in Bekaa, National News Agency correspondent reported on Tuesday.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/55798/Army-apprehends-Bekaa-fire-shooter

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.