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Conflict Incident Report

Body found in Beirut waste-sorting plant

Date of incident: 
September 6, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

BEIRUT: The body of a woman was found in a bag in a waste-sorting plant in Beirut Wednesday, local media outlet LBCI reported. An Internal Security Forces source confirmed the discovery. The woman, the source told The Daily Star, was in her 20s or 30s and dark skinned. She was found by employees at the Karantina waste-sorting plant in the afternoon who called the ISF. The woman’s body was transported to a hospital by the Civil Defense, but the source could not identify which hospital. An investigation is ongoing to identify the woman and determine the cause of death. No additional information was provided

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