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Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests number of individuals in Bar Elias, Haret Hreik, Akkar

Date of incident: 
May 22, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

NNA - The Lebanese Army Command's Guidance Directorate on Friday issued a communique saying that the army arrested a number of individuals in Bar Elias, Haret Hreik and Akkar for being involved in different crimes.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/44542/Army-arrests-number-of-individu...

Primary 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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
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.