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Conflict Incident Report

Body of child found near Jounieh Bay

Date of incident: 
August 4, 2015
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Civil Defense

The body of a child was found near Jounieh Bay Tuesday, a security source told The Daily Star. “The corpse fit the description of a child, Mahdi Salameh, who went missing while swimming at a Sidon beach two days earlier,” the source said, adding that the swimsuit on the body matched the description of the attire of the missing child. The family of Mahdi Salameh told The Daily Star that they received a call from the Civil Defense and the Internal Security Forces urging them to head to Jounieh to identify the body.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Aug-04/309671-body-of...

Primary category: 
Personal Accident [inc. drowning, suicide...]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Other