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Conflict Incident Report

Celebratory gunfire causes scare in border town

Date of incident: 
December 9, 2018
Death toll: 
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Number of Injured: 
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Celebratory gunfire near Marjayoun’s Kfar Kila Sunday frightened the border town’s residents, as both the Lebanese and Israeli armies remain on alert during the latter’s Operation Northern Shield, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Three celebratory shots fired at a wedding near Kfar Kila caused tension among residents before security forces arrested the shooter and opened an investigation into the matter

Primary 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.