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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests man for extortion of minor

Date of incident: 
November 30, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

The Internal Security Forces arrested a young man for extorting a minor

The ISF said a man filed a complaint through the agency’s website claiming an unidentified person was threatening to publish his daughter’s photos on social media.

The agency arrested the suspect, identified as Lebanese A.M., born in 1997, who reportedly confessed to the charges.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]
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.