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Conflict Incident Report

Army arrested a suspect in Qobbe

Date of incident: 
October 28, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Military Intelligence

Unknown assailants opened fire in the northern city Tripoli at a Lebanese army Intelligence Adjutant without injuring him, the state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday. Adjutant A.M. was subject to gunfire in the area of al-Qobbeh, NNA added. Afterwards, the army carried out patrols and raided several houses including that of fugitive Islamist Shadi al-Mawlawi without finding him. They arrested a man on suspicion of his involvement in the act, and erected checkpoints in several areas of the city mainly in Qobbeh and Bab al-Tabbaneh. 

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary Category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.