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Conflict Incident Report

Army raid in Laboue

Date of incident: 
September 18, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Army members raided sites in the Bekaa Valley town of Labweh and arrested a number of at-large suspects accused of incidents of shooting:  Hasan Aitaweh, Ali Aitaweh, Mehdi Aitaweh and Arafat Ballout. Inside Ali Aitaweh’s home, the Army found an assault rifle and a quantity of ammunition.

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary Category: 
Arms Storage/Smuggling
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.