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Conflict Incident Report

Army raid in Bekaa sparks shootout with wanted men

Date of incident: 
May 18, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Military Intelligence
Lebanese Civilians

An Army raid early Friday in a Bekaa town resulted in an exchange of fire between Army personnel and the wanted men they were searching for.

Army Intelligence had arrived to search the house of a man identified as M.H. al-Masri, in the Bekaa's Hor Tala, when Masri and accomplices reportedly fired on the Army to make their escape.

The Army later apprehended Masri and his brother, identified as H. al-Masri, and confiscated their weapons.

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary 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.