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Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests wanted individuals in Riha in Baalbak

Date of incident: 
July 22, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - Lebanese Army Command's Guidance Directorate on Friday issued a communique saying that as the army was raiding a number of locations for wanted individuals in Riha in Baalbak, they were subjected to fireshooting by people whom the army managed to catch them. They were three in number: Mohammad Hussein Hajj Hasan, Mohammad Atef Al Tashem and Hasan Ali Safwan. 

The army seized with them rifles and a quantity of drugs. The seized materials and the arrestees were referred to the competent judiciary. 

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/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.