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Conflict Incident Report

Army Seizes Explosives in Store in Saida's Villas Neighborhood

Date of incident: 
April 10, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Military Intelligence

The Lebanese army intelligence seized a while ago a quantity of explosives and ammunition in a raid on a store belonging to one of the supporters of Ahmed Al-Asir- identified as Mustapha G., in Sidon's Villas neighborhood.

The army instantly imposed a security cordon around the area awaiting the arrival of the military expert to examine seized explosives.

Search is underway for the store owner. 

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary Category: 
Arms Storage/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.