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Conflict Incident Report

Cheer bullet claim life of young boy in Ain el-Helweh

Date of incident: 
July 16, 2018
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

A 17-year-old boy (S.H.Hadi) succumbed to his wounds and died after receiving a cheer bullet in the head coming from Ein Al-Helweh refugee camp, NNA field reporter said on Monday. 

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.