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Conflict Incident Report

Detainee escaped in Amioun

Date of incident: 
October 2, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

On Oct. 2, the detainee, identified as Lebanese national J.Kh., born in 1981, had reportedly escaped from a hospital in the north Lebanon town of Amioun, Koura. He was wanted on drug charges, an ISF statement said.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
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.