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Conflict Incident Report

Celebratory shooting in Ain El Helwe Camp –Saida

Date of incident: 
May 11, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

On 11 May 16, unidentified persons fires shots in the air from assault weapons to celebrate the release of an inmate from jail.

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.