Conflict Incident Report

Celebratory shooting in Ain El Helwe Camp – Saida

Date of incident:

January 1, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

Gunmen in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon fired their weapons in the air to celebrate a shooting attack that left two people dead in Israel, state media said. The National News Agency said the gunmen in Ain al-Hilweh opened fire to celebrate the "heroic operation" at a pub in Tel Aviv earlier in the day that also left seven wounded, according to medics and police cited by AFP. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Jan-01/329855-celebra...

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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Conflict Incident Report

Celebratory shooting in Ain El Helwe Camp – Saida