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Conflict Incident Report

Army carries out raids in Debaal in search of shooter

Date of incident: 
January 25, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The army carried out raids in the town of Debaal in the outskirts of Dinieh, in search of a person who earlier opened fire (in the air) on a passing school bus on its way from Beit Haweek village to Debaal.

Motives behind the shooting were not known.

A state of tension was prevailing in Debaal and its neighborhood, with the army working on containing said incident.

Primary category: 
Raid
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.