Conflict Incident Report

Cars Go Up in Flames as Protesters Continue Burning Waste in Beirut

Associated Timeline/Case:

Waste Management Conflict (Starting January 25, 2014)

Date of incident:

July 28, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

Civil Defense

Two cars went ablaze Monday evening in the Beirut area of Karakol al-Druze and several citizens suffered suffocation after young men set fire to trash dumpsters to protest the accumulation of garbage on the streets, state-run National News Agency reported.
A vehicle from the Beirut Fire Brigade has since arrived at the scene to put out the flames, NNA said. Angry protesters also blocked roads with burning trash dumpsters in the Salim Salam, Beshara al-Khoury and Mar Elias districts.

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Primary category:

Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]

Secondary Category:

Fire

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.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

Policy conflicts

Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.

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Conflict Incident Report

Cars Go Up in Flames as Protesters Continue Burning Waste in Beirut