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Conflict Incident Report

Army: Arresting 4 citizens, 1 Palestinian for various accusations in Tripoli

Date of incident: 
October 13, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees
Lebanese Civilians
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Lebanese Army Command's Orientation Directorate issued a communique saying that the army arrested four Lebanese citizens and one Palestinian in Tripoli for committing different crimes relevant to carrying weapons, fraudulence, robbery, and owning illegal motorcycles.

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.