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Conflict Incident Report

Electricity cable theft leaves north Lebanon town without power

Date of incident: 
October 15, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

On 15 Oct 16, a north Lebanon town was left without power after electricity cables were stolen from equipment belonging to the energy utility. A total of 150 meters of copper cables were stolen in the town of Mrah Sarraj in the northern Dinnieh district, leaving several houses without electricity. It was the third such incident in less than two months.

Primary category: 
Robbery/Trespassing
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.