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Conflict Incident Report

Hand Grenade tossed in Ain El Helwe Camp-Saida

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tensions at Ain el-Helweh (starting August 7, 2014)
Date of incident: 
July 6, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

On 06 July 15, at 2050hrs, an unidentified person tossed a hand grenade on the ceiling of a Palestinian national’s house inside Ain El-Helwe Camp in Saida, in front of UNRWA’s medical unit. No injuries were reported.

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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
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.