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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests thieves who impersonated security officers

Date of incident: 
December 11, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces Saturday announced the arrest of two men alleged to have perpetrated dozens of robberies across Beirut and Mount Lebanon.

The suspects were identified in an ISF statement as M.A., a Syrian national born in 1992 and nicknamed Abu Hakam, and H.Aa., a Lebanese national born in 1990 and nicknamed Karaji.

The ISF said the suspects had committed the robberies while riding a white motorcycle and often impersonated security forces.

M.A. had previously been wanted on charges of impersonation and theft, and H.Aa. had been wanted for “ill treatment” of security officers.

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.