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Conflict Incident Report
Celebratory gunshots in Falougha
Date of incident:
May 8, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Progressive Socialist Party (PSP)
After announcing the results of the parliamentary elections which took place on May 6 2018. Supporters of Progressive Socialist Party started celebratory shootings in Fallougha. During the gunfire, one of the supporters wrote the name of the winning candidate in the air by tracing bullets.
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.
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