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Conflict Incident Report

Brazil, Germany rivalry turns violent in north Lebanon

Date of incident: 
June 23, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person

The World Cup rivalry between Brazil and Germany has continued to captivate Lebanese football fans, but turned violent Saturday night with number of fights breaking out in the northern part of the country.
Brawls broke out between groups of young men in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh and Bab al-Hadid neighborhoods, after Germany’s nighttime victory over Sweden, according to local TV channel LBCI. One of the fights left one man injured with a knife wound to his back, according to the report.

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
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.