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Hand grenades and detonators found in bag
Date of incident:
June 4, 2016
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
The Lebanese Armed Forces found shortly after midnight on Saturday a suspicious bag tossed to the side of the road between Mdeirej and Hammana, NNA field correspondent reported.
The LAF promptly requested the presence of specialists who discovered inside the bag 60 detonators, 15 hand grenades and 40 bullets.
The contents of the bag were not set to explode. The contents were confiscated and an investigation was launched into the matter.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/63595/Hand-grenades-detonators-found-...
Primary category:
Arms Storage/Smuggling
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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