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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests suspect in theft of LL76 million

Date of incident: 
March 3, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

A man in his thirties has been arrested on suspicion of stealing LL76 million (approximately $50,000), according to a statement released by the Internal Security Forces.

The ISF arrested the suspect, identified as M. D., on March 3, one week after he allegedly stole the money from a food supplies business near the St. Therese Hospital in Beirut’s southern suburbs.

The suspect has a record of drug use and admitted to previous thefts targeting the St. Therese hospital and surrounding medical clinics and shops, the ISF statement read.

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.