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Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests wanted persons in Brital, Hourtaala on shooting charges

Date of incident: 
July 28, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - The army carried out at dawn a raids on a number of houses belonging to wanted persons in the towns of Brital and Hortaala, seizing in one of those houses an amount of medium and light ammunition, army command said in a communiqué on Thursday. 

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.