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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests man in online video robbing offices

Date of incident: 
June 28, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

A man suspected of appearing in a video depicting a number of robberies was arrested by the Internal Security Forces in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the security agency said Saturday.
The suspect, arrested Thursday in Hay al-Sellom, was previously wanted for theft, according to a statement from the ISF.
Investigations leading to the arrest were initiated after a video was posted on June 21 on a website, depicting unidentified people robbing various companies and offices on different dates.
The General Directorate of the ISF is asking those victimized by the suspect to come forward to take the necessary legal measures.

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.