Conflict Incident Report

Army raids Britel, arrests 2 suspects involved in vehicle robberies

Associated Timeline/Case:

Ras Baalbeck Clashes (starting December 2, 2014)

Date of incident:

April 13, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

NNA - Lebanese Army soldiers raided Monday evening the town of Britel in Baalbek and arrested 2 suspects by the name of Hussein Tleiss and Mohamad Mazloum on charges of being involved in vehicle thefts, after engaging in open fire exchange, NNA correspondent in Baalbek indicated.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/42888/Army-raids-Britel-arrests-suspe...

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

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.

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Conflict Incident Report

Army raids Britel, arrests 2 suspects involved in vehicle robberies