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Conflict Incident Report

Army units arrest several citizens for involvement in open fire and possession of weapons

Date of incident: 
January 7, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

- "Army units in the areas of Tripoli and Beirut's Southern Suburbs have arrested Ibrahim Fidaan al-Masri, Ismail Rabah el-Khodr, Hussein Akram Jouni, Rashid Kassim el-Jammal and Rabih Hussein Murtada, for partaking in shootings using war weapons in the past," a Lebanese Army Orientation Directorate communiqué indicated.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary 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.