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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests armed robbery suspected in Hazmieh

Date of incident: 
October 27, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces has arrested a man suspected of robbing Syrian workers at gunpoint in Mount Lebanon's Hazmieh.
The ISF sent a unit and arrested the alleged gunman shortly thereafter, identifying him as Palestinian.
The police also seized a gun, seven cellphones, a sum of money and other equipment used in the robbery.

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.