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Conflict Incident Report
Grenade exploded in Ain el-Hilweh after clash
Date of incident:
September 3, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
A hand grenade exploded by accident at 8:00 am in the al-Briksat neighborhood of the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, causing no casualties.
The camp had witnessed violence overnight after a dispute over “children playing with firecrackers” escalated into an armed clash between the Islamist Usbat al-Ansar and Jund al-Sham groups.
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.
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