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Conflict Incident Report

Gunmen murder Maqneh man at point blank

Date of incident: 
June 18, 2016
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - Unidentified gunmen have murdered a man from Maqneh village of Baalbeck district by opening fire on him at point blank, NNA field reporters said today. The man has been shot dead inside his car with murderers' motive behind the killing being linked to inter - clan gangsterism, the same reporters concluded. 

Primary category: 
Murder
Secondary Category: 
Shooting
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.