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Conflict Incident Report

Army soldier stabbed during quarrel in Akkar

Date of incident: 
September 11, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians

A Lebanese Army soldier was stabbed during a midnight quarrel with locals in the northern district of Akkar. A security source told The Daily Star that two men, identified by their family names Rajab and al-Hajj, attacked S. Rafoul with a knife after a verbal spat in the town of Beit Milat. Police managed to apprehend them, the source added.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Sep-11/314811-army-so...

Primary category: 
Clashes/Armed Conflict
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.