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Conflict Incident Report

Domestic worker attempts to murder child by strangling him

Date of incident: 
September 4, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person

On 04 Sep 2017, a foreign domestic worker in the town of Hrebta in Baalbek attempted to murder child by strangling him and trying to insert a floor wiper stick into his throat. The child was transported in a critical condition to Dar al-Hekmeh hospital in Baalbek, where he underwent the necessary first aid and was admitted to the intensive care unit. The domestic worker managed to escape.

Primary category: 
Murder
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.