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Hit-and-run suspect arrested on airport road
Date of incident:
February 25, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
BEIRUT: Police arrested a man suspected of being behind a hit-and-run incident in a Beirut southern suburb, a security source told The Daily Star. A Lebanese citizen identified as Ali Nazha was driving at full speed after stealing his own pickup truck from an impound lot in the town of Mreijeh when he ran over 83-year-old Fawaz Mohammad al-Ali. Ali was immediately rushed to the St. Georges Hospital but died upon arrival in the emergency room. Nazha’s identity was immediately made public by the ISF, resulting in his arrest at a checkpoint on the nearby airport road. He is currently being questioned.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
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.
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