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Conflict Incident Report

Arrest of murderer of Antoine Aoun

Date of incident: 
February 10, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Lebanese Military Intelligence

NNA - The Lebanese Army Intelligence service arrested the murderer of young Lebanese Antoine Aoun after investigations were carried out in coordination with the security services to find and arrest M.A.L. in a house in the camp of Shatila, the NNA correspondent said.
During his interrogation, the killer admitted to having committed the murder in a dispute that broke out between the two parties at a restaurant in Laylaki.
According to the source, the murderer was brought before the authorities; he was also the subject of a warrant for a crime linked to drug trafficking. 

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.