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Conflict Incident Report

Dispute in Hay el Sellom

Date of incident: 
April 9, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Internal Security Forces announced the arrest of three Lebanese nationals on drug charges in the Hay al-Sellom neighborhood of southern Beirut. The three suspects were arrested following a fistfight that escalated into a knife fight, ISF statement said.

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary Category: 
Assault
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.