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Conflict Incident Report

Clashes in Hay el Sellom

Date of incident: 
December 8, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Clashes with machineguns and shoulder-fired rockets broke out at a passenger van station in the Beirut southern suburb of Hay al-Sellom, state-run National News Agency reported.

The clashes “spread quickly to the Zoaiter neighborhood in al-Laylaki,” NNA said.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Clashes/Armed Conflict
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.