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Conflict Incident Report
Army liberates Syrian family abducted for ransom in Beqa
Date of incident:
November 10, 2016
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Military Intelligence
Army Intelligence patrol in the locality of Masnaa-Bekaa managed to liberate a five-member Syrian family who were kidnapped for a financial ransom, whereby the patrol seized CRV-type Honda without plates, used in the kidnapping operation, army command said in a communiqué.
One of the kidnappers was arrested, with further prosecution underway to arrest the remaining kidnappers.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
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.
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