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Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests terror suspect in south Lebanon

Date of incident: 
July 1, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Fatah
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The man suspected of being responsible for a 2011 attack on a UNIFIL patrol was arrested in south Lebanon, a source told The Daily Star.

Fatah Movement handed the suspect, 54-year-old Ahmad al-Mohammad, over to the Army, the source said.

Al-Mohammad is suspected of being responsible for the explosion that targeted a patrol of French UNIFIL officers in Burj al-Shemali, near Tyre, in 2011, which resulted in several casualties.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.