Conflict Incident Report

Army Arrests Suspect after Saadnayel Gunbattle

Date of incident:

September 9, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Armed militants

Lebanese Civilians

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The Lebanese army said Wednesday that it has arrested a man involved in a gunbattle between the residents of the eastern town of Saadnayel.
“A dispute among Saadnayel residents on Tuesday night turned into a gunfight with light arms and into rioting,” the army said in a communique.
A military unit intervened and contained the battles, it said, adding that it arrested Abdullah al-Kurdi after raiding several locations.
The army vowed to continue to pursue all the suspects to arrest them and refer them to the judiciary.
The military said there were no casualties in the gunfight. But according to the state-run National News Agency, four people were injured.
It said the clashes erupted when young men assaulted the preacher of Imam Ali Bin Abi Taleb Mosque, Sheikh Bilal al-Hushaimi, to stop him from leading prayers at the mosque.
The attack led to the gunbattles between the sheikh's supporters and men from a political movement, said NNA, without identified the party they belong to.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/189416-army-arrests-suspect-after-saa...

Primary category:

Shooting

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.

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Army Arrests Suspect after Saadnayel Gunbattle