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Brothers involved in Metn hospital shooting arrested
Date of incident:
August 17, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Three brothers accused of being involved in the attack on a Metn hospital and its employees were arrested for participating in celebratory gunfire at a wedding and assaulting hospital employees.
On July 3, a wedding photographer was brought into Bhannes Medical Center in Metn after being shot by a stray bullet from celebratory gunfire at a local wedding.
During his treatment, several wedding guests attacked employees and doctors attending to the patient. One employee suffered a broken eye socket, which required surgery.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
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.
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