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Conflict Incident Report

Body of little girl found in Kfarshima

Date of incident: 
January 14, 2017
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons

The body of a dead infant was found in a waste container southeast of Beirut, the National News Agency reported.

The body of the baby, who was assumed to be less than a year old, was found in a plastic bag in a garbage container in Filmon Wehbe street in the Kfarshima area, NNA said.

Members of the municipality of Kfarshima and security forces arrived at the scene and detected the body.

No further details were provided.

Investigations were opened into the incident.

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.