Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests individual at sawmill in Tripoli

Associated Timeline/Case:

Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)

Date of incident:

January 29, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The Lebanese Army Command's Guidance Directorate on Thursday issued a statement saying that an army unit raided today afternoon a sawmill in Zahrieh in Tripoli and detained an individual there as a big quantity of munitions, hand grenades and communication equipments have been detected and seized in the sawmill. The individual and the grabbed material have been referred to the judicial authority for investigations. http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/39888/Army-arrests-individual-at-...

Primary category:

Raid

Secondary Category:

Arms Storage/Smuggling

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.

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Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests individual at sawmill in Tripoli