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Conflict Incident Report

Arrest of 4 women attempting robbery in Beirut suburb

Date of incident: 
May 6, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Turkish Citizens
Lebanese Civilians

Four Turkish women were arrested  for attempting to kill and rob a Lebanese woman in her house in a southern Beirut suburb, a security source told The Daily Star.

The four women, all wielding knives, stormed into the house of the victim located in Hadath in the Baabda district.

However, the victim's husband, who happened to be at home, managed to stop the attempt on his wife’s life.

He called the police, who referred the assailants to the Hadath police station.

A security source told The Daily Star that investigations are underway, with translators from the Turkish embassy present, as the attackers are reportedly non-Arabic speakers.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Robbery/Trespassing
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.