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Conflict Incident Report

Army conscript wounded in gunfire in Baalbek

Date of incident: 
December 6, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

An army conscript has been wounded in gunfire while on duty in Baalbek, NNA field reporters said today. He received hospitalization at a local dispensary with no immediate explanation as to the motive behind the attack, the same reporters concluded.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/37467/Army-conscript-wounded-in-g...

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.