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Conflict Incident Report

ISF busts serial car thief

Date of incident: 
December 4, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

he Internal Security Forces announced the arrest of a serial car thief in the northern town of Brissa.

The suspect, identified as Lebanese national Gh.Aa., born in 1953, was arrested on Dec. 4 by a patrol of the ISF’s Information Branch. The arrest came following the confirmation of credible reports that the suspect had been involved in the theft of a Kia Picanto from Metn’s Jal al-Dib.

The suspect was reportedly arrested while attempting to transfer the car to the Bekaa. He was detained during an ISF “ambush” en route.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.