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Conflict Incident Report

Citizen kidnapped in Bekaa region freed

Date of incident: 
February 27, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Lebanese citizen, Rakan al Maadrani, was abducted on the afternoon in Anjar in the Bekaa region. He has since been released with injuries to his head. The NNA correspondant reporting on the case added that the kidnappers robbed Rakan al Maadrani of $15,000, his cell phone and his car.
 

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]
Secondary Category: 
Robbery/Trespassing
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.