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Conflict Incident Report

House burned in Nahle after death of two Yazbeck family members

Date of incident: 
July 13, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - A group of Yazbeck family youths set fire to the house of Abbas Hamdan in Nahle, to avenge the death of two of their relatives from bullets fired by the latter, the NNA correspondent said. 

Abbas Hamdan had opened fire at Yazbeck family members in vengeance, killing Mohammad Yazbek Hussein and his brother Imad, and seriously injuring Hussein Imad Yazbeck and Ali Yazbeck. 

Fouad Hussein Yazbeck was also slightly injured and the incident had caused tensions in Nahle village. 

A military force and firefighters from the Civil Defense rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire.

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary Category: 
Robbery/Trespassing
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.