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Conflict Incident Report

Car thieves arrested in Zgharta

Date of incident: 
April 22, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
2persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

NNA - Internal Security Forces - Zgharta unit - arrested a gang of car thieves after fire exchange in the town of Aashash in Zgharta district. The shooting led to the injury of two robbers while the third fled to an unknown destination. Security Forces elements continue to operate on a chase, the NNA correspondent said. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/60382/Car-thieves-arrested-in-Zgharta

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Shooting
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.