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Conflict Incident Report

Car intercepts businessman on Wadi Khaled road

Date of incident: 
March 11, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

NNA - A car intercepted the businessman on the road of Wadi Khaled on Thursday midnight who was returning to his residence in Tripoli, NNA field reporter said.

The businessman drove in a high speed to reach an Army checkpoint. The Army was able to apprehend the driver of the car and two others and confiscated the vehicle.

Investigations are ongoing to reveal the circumstances of the incident. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/58342/Car-intercepts-businessman-on-W...

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.