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Conflict Incident Report

ISF detain fugitive in north Lebanon

Date of incident: 
November 9, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

On 09 Nov 16, the Internal Security Forces in north Lebanon detained a suspect charged with belonging to an extremist group. A.S. was arrested in Jabal Mohsen neighborhood in the northern city of Tripoli. The suspect was sentenced in absentia to 15 years of hard labor on charges of joining the ranks of a terror organization. The suspect was one of the most wanted fugitives in the area.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.