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Four surrender & one arrested in north Lebanon

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
April 15, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
ISF Intelligence Branch

On 15 Apr 15, four suspects linked to Salafist Sheikh Khaled Hoblos turned themselves into police in northern Lebanon, while a ninth suspect was arrested separately in Tripoli. Four men from the Akkoush family handed themselves over to authorities at the Internal Security Forces’ Information Branch in Minyeh. The four had been charged with involvement in the four-day gun battle with the Lebanese Army in Tripoli and other parts of northern Lebanon last October. They allegedly admitted to cooperating with Hoblos, who was arrested in Tripoli last week. The move came hours after a policeman at the Tripoli Municipality was arrested for allegedly having facilitated Hoblos’ movements. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Apr-16/294606-four-li...

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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):
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.
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