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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrest two Syrians for illegal plastic surgeries practice

Date of incident: 
October 6, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces arrested a doctor and his wife for illegally conducting plastic surgeries in an apartment in Beirut’s Hamra neighborhood, according to a statement published Monday by the ISF. The two were allegedly performing plastic surgeries illegally without having obtained a license to do so, and in violation of health and sanitation standards. The man and his wife, both Syrian nationals, The ISF raided the apartment Saturday while  performing plastic surgeries on three girls.

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary 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.