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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests man an hour after he committed murder

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

The Internal Security Forces has arrested a man for murder an hour after he committed the crime, an ISF statement reported Friday.

At midnight on Nov. 29, Kh.Aa., born in 1988, shot dead Syrian national Aa.Kh., born in 1995, before fleeing the scene.

After an undercover investigation by ISF units in Beiteddine, the agency arrested the perpetrator after pursuing him in a car chase between Chouf’s Barouk and Batloun villages.

Kh.Aa. was found in possession of the murder weapon, a 12mm hunting rifle, along with a number of cartridges.

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.