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Conflict Incident Report

Director-general of the ministry of youth and sports, Salman Khiyami, was murdered

Date of incident: 
May 29, 2017
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

A horrific murder took the life of Hajj Salman Mohammed Khiyami, the director-general of the ministry of youth and sports, Zaid Khiyami. 
The victim was beaten with a sharp tool in his hometown of Jibal al-Butm in Tyre district. 
Forensic detectives arrived at the crime scene and initiated an investigation into the incident. 
It is worth noting that the Ethiopian worker fled the house, and she appears to be the primary suspect.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Murder
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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
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.