Conflict Incident Report

Army: Wanted Ahmad Jaafar injured after shooting at Army patrol

Associated Timeline/Case:

Ras Baalbeck Clashes (starting December 2, 2014)

Date of incident:

February 25, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

1 person

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Lebanese Civilians

Army Command- Guidance Directorate issued a communiqué on Thursday in which they mentioned that last night while an Army patrol was pursuing the wanted Ahmad Mohammad Selim Jaafar on Dar Waasiaa - Al Yammouni road he opened fire at the servicemen who fired back at him and injured him.
The communiqué added that Jaafar was then arrested and transferred to a hospital in the region.
The servicemen confiscated inside the Grand Cherokee Jeep which Jaafar was driving a kalashnikov and ammunition as well an amount of Hashish.

The car and the confiscated material were handed to concerned authorities and an investigation was opened.

Jaafar has been wanted upon many warrants including opening fire at an Army patrol in 2012 and wounding two soldiers, the communiqué said.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/41031/Army-Wanted-Ahmad-Jaafar-injure...

Primary category:

Shooting

Secondary 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.

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Army: Wanted Ahmad Jaafar injured after shooting at Army patrol