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ISF arrests 2 alleged thieves in Tayyouneh
Date of incident:
August 17, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
The Internal Security Forces arrested two suspects in Tayyouneh who allegedly asked a Lebanese national to exchange currency, but then stole his money and drove off, according to a statement from the agency Friday.
The suspects, identified as S.K., born in 1969, and S.M., born in 1989, both of whom are Iranian nationals, were driving a black Nissan without a license plate last week when they stopped to ask S.J. to exchange their money for Lebanese liras.
Instead, the two took LL300,000 ($200) that he showed them and sped off, the agency said.
The ISF is asking others who may have been conned by the suspects to come forward to take legal action.
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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