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Five Soldiers Injured in Arsal Blast
Associated Timeline/Case:
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident:
November 6, 2015
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
5persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Five soldiers were injured in a blast that targeted an army tank in Ras al-Sarj in the eastern border town of Arsal, the state-run National News Agency said on Friday.
Gunfire was later heard in the area and the army deployed heavily, NNA added.
It added that the troops engaged in heavy clashes with the gunmen in the Khalaf al-Jafar area in Arsal.
Afterwards, the army raided the refugee encampments close to the site of the explosion.
Al-Jadeed TV said that the bomb was planted on the side of the road.
The explosion came a day after a suicide bomber killed several people there when he entered a meeting of Syrian clerics and detonated an explosive belt.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/193780-five-soldiers-injured-in-arsal...
Primary category:
Explosion
Secondary Category:
Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]
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.
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