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Conflict Incident Report

Detaining 402 persons over committing criminal acts

Date of incident: 
May 26, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
ISF(internal security forces)

On 26 May 15, Internal Security Forces General Directorate announced in a statement that its members within the frame of fulfilling its duties in maintaining security and fighting crime of different kinds, detained, 402 persons for committing various crimes involving theft, drug smuggling and purse-snatching.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/44622/General-Security-detaining-402-...

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.