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Conflict Incident Report
Explosive sound heard in Aarsal-Bekaa
Associated Timeline/Case:
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident:
February 23, 2015
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
On 23 Feb 15, media allegedly reported that the explosive sound heard in Aarsal was a result of a hand grenade tossed towards a tobacco shop.
Primary category:
Explosion
Classification of conflict (primary):
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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
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.
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