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Conflict Incident Report
Hand grenade found in Jezzine
Date of incident:
August 16, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
A Lebanese citizen found a hand grenade near a waste dump in Jezzine, National News Agency reported.
Instantly, a military expert of the engineering team arrived at the scene and detonated the bomb.
Primary category:
Dismantlement of Explosives/Demining
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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
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.
Nearby Incidents
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Jezzine / Israeli reconnaissance plane circles over the South, warplanes over different regions
Jezzine / Israeli drone violates Lebanese airspace
Jezzine / Syrian national's corpse found in Jezzine
Jezzine / Forced displacement of 5,500 Christian civilians from the Shuf to South Lebanon