Conflict Incident Report

Device exploded while being dismantled by LAF expert

Date of incident:

August 22, 2017

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

3persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

وطنية - صدر عن قيادة الجيش- مديرية التوجيه البيان الآتي:
"فجر اليوم وفي محلة وادي الخشن- جرود عرسال، انفجرت إحدى النسفيات المفخخة أثناء قيام مجموعة مختصة من الجيش بتفكيكها، ما أدى إلى استشهاد أحد العسكريين وإصابة أربعة آخرين بجروح مختلفة".

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.

Source Link:

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/300382/

Primary category:

Dismantlement of Explosives/Demining

Secondary Category:

Explosion

Classification of conflict (primary):

Border conflicts (Syrian border)

Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

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.

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Device exploded while being dismantled by LAF expert

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