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Conflict Incident Report

Body of Syrian man found in asphalt tank in Aley

Date of incident: 
January 21, 2018
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The body of a man was found in a large tank of asphalt near the Aley town of Ain Dara, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The deceased, identified as Syrian national Nayef Omar al-Askar, born in 1994, was found strangled and handcuffed at the bottom of the tank. It took more than two hours to recover the body, the NNA reported.

The body was transferred to Elias Hrawi government hospital in Zahle and an investigation into the death was opened.

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.