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Conflict Incident Report

Dispute in Bikat-Aakkar on the background of Municipality elections

Date of incident: 
June 29, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

On 29 June 16, in Bikat-Aakkar,  a personal dispute over the background of Municipality elections escalated into shooting. Tension was reported in the area.

 

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary Category: 
Shooting
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.