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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests suspected robbery gang member

Date of incident: 
November 21, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

The Internal Security Forces arrested a man suspected of belonging to a gang that carried out several acts of robbery in Beirut and Mount Lebanon

The man, identified as Lebanese national H.Y., born in 1994, was arrested Wednesday in Burj al-Barajneh. H.Y. had six warrants out for his arrest on robbery charges

The ISF said the suspect admitted to belonging to the gang and committing over 20 acts of robbery, including armed robbery and pickpocketing. The statement said the gang members robbed their victims by impersonating security forces or by force, using guns and knives.

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.