Conflict Incident Report

Bomb explodes in Ayn Helwe Camp

Date of incident:

October 11, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

NNA - Palestinian refugee camp of Ayn el Helwe in Sidon was shaken at dawn Sunday by the sound of an explosion, NNA correspondent said. Upon investigation, it was clear that a grenade was tossed in the street shortly after 01:00 a.m.

Damages were strictly material. The joint Palestinian security forces inspected the site of the explosion and launched an investigation. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/51000/Bomb-explodes-in-Ayn-Helwe-Camp

Primary category:

Explosion

Classification of conflict (primary):

Power & governance conflicts

Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

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.

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Bomb explodes in Ayn Helwe Camp