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Conflict Incident Report

Army: One wanted person arrested in Brital on charges of carrying out terrorist acts

Date of incident: 
October 28, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Armed militants
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

On 28 Oct 15, an army unit arrested one wanted person, named Izzat Assaad Duqqu, in the locality of Brital, Baalbek, on charges of carrying out terrorist acts and taking part- along with others- in an earlier assault against an army patrol. A war rifle, a pistol and an amount of money were seized in the possession of the arrested person. The wanted person, along with his seized items, was handed over to the concerned court, with investigations getting underway.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/51842/Army-One-wanted-person-arrested...

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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.