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Conflict Incident Report
General Security arrested two bombing suspects
Date of incident:
November 16, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
General Security
General Security arrested two Syrian nationals suspected of planning and carrying out bombings in Beirut’s southern suburbs in 2014.
The two suspects, identified as M.Kh.M., born in 1985, and Z.Aa.Kh., born in 1964, were arrested on charges of belonging to a terrorist group and involvement in the bombings. M.Kh.M. reportedly admitted to being a close associate of the terrorist Abu Jaafar al-Qastali, commander of the Aisha al-Moaminin extremist organization.
The suspect also appeared alongside Qastali in video recordings claiming responsibility for the bombings. Z.Aa.Kh. admitted to belonging to the same terrorist group.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.