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Conflict Incident Report

Gang arrested for armed robberies in Lebanon's Metn

Date of incident: 
November 16, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

On 16 Nov 16, Police detained a three-member gang robbing taxi passengers at gunpoint in northern Metn district, an Internal Security Forces statement said.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.