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Conflict Incident Report

Explosive devices detonated in Arsal

Date of incident: 
June 30, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

A suicide bomber blew himself up with an explosive belt as an Army patrol was inspecting the Nawar camp for Syrian refugees in Arsal, according to the statement. “He blew himself up ... in front of one of the raiding patrols, leaving [the bomber] dead and leaving three soldiers lightly wounded,” the Army said.

Later, another three suicide bombers blew themselves up, but no injuries or casualties among the raiding patrol were recorded. It wasn’t immediately clear whether this attack happened in the same location as the first. These terrorists also blew up one other explosive device, the statement added.

“Army forces seized four [additional] explosive devices that were ready to be detonated," the statement added. "The military expert immediately detonated these devices in the places they were planted.”

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Dismantlement of Explosives/Demining
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.