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Conflict Incident Report

Dispute in Koura

Date of incident: 
October 11, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Army Intelligence officers apprehended today seven Lebanese young men following a dispute that erupted among them in the Koura town of Dahr-el-Ain, National News Agency correspondent reported..
In details, the detainees had earlier beaten and attempted to abduct a young man, over a financial conflict.
The men possessed a hand grenade and several guns.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary Category: 
Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]
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.