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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests wanted person for robbery

Date of incident: 
July 16, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

On 16 July 16, in Choueifat – Beirut, the ISF (Internal Security Forces) announced the arrest of a person wanted for the robbery of purses in the country. The ISF said he confessed to carrying out his schemes in Beirut’s southern suburbs and other parts of the Baabda district, east of the capital, with his partner, who remains at large. They were accused of using force against women when stealing their bags.

 

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.