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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests two alleged robbers

Date of incident: 
May 1, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The two Syrian nationals, identified as A.K. and Aa.H., born in 1999 and 1985 respectively, were arrested in the town of Deir Qoubel. The ISF seized a laptop and electrical wires, two phones and a gold bracelet during the arrest.

During their interrogation, the suspects admitted to robbing two houses an hour before they were detained, saying that the items found with them had been obtained during the robbery.

Aa.H. also reportedly confessed to 14 other robberies, of cafes and shops in the area, in addition to the theft of 20 motorcycles from the town of Choueifat and its suburbs.

The two suspects were transferred to the judiciary for further investigation.

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.