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Conflict Incident Report

Individual dispute leads to shooting in Ain elHelweh

Date of incident: 
January 2, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

Open fire was heard inside Ain el-Helweh Refugee Camp on evening, resulting from an individual clash in the vicinity, NNA correspondent in Sidon reported.

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary Category: 
Shooting
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.