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Conflict Incident Report

Choueifat incident: Shooter of young girl surrenders

Date of incident: 
January 25, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

The ISF general directorate issued a statement on the clash that took place between two citizens earlier today in Choueifat area.
During the clash, one of the persons involved shot at the other, severely injuring his daughter (born in 2002), the statement clarified.

"The shooter ran away, then returned and surrendered to Baabda police station - judicial police unit," the statement read.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.