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Conflict Incident Report

Gunmen kidnap citizen, wife in Hamam town

Date of incident: 
September 16, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - Unknown gunmen kidnapped on Friday the Lebanese citizen, Hassan Mohammad Mrad, and his wife, Karma Jamil Mehdi, from an apple orchard in the outskirts of Ham Village in Baalbek, National News Agency field reporter said.
Gunmen took the kidnapped persons inside the Syrian territories.

Primary category: 
Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]
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.