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Conflict Incident Report

Citizen shot in Arsal, culprits escape

Date of incident: 
April 16, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Anonymous men shot  Hussein Al Houjeiri in Arsal and escaped to an unknown destination, NNA correspondent reported. 

Houjeiri sustained a gunshot bullet to the head and was transferred to a nearby hospital. He is in critical condition. 

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.