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Conflict Incident Report

ISF exchange fire with an armed suspect in north Lebanon

Date of incident: 
November 8, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

On 08 Nov 16, the Internal Security Forces exchanged fire with an armed suspect after he had resisted arrest in Akkar north of Lebanon. The ISF allegedly responded to fire from Mahmoud Shalish during an attempt to arrest him on Tal Abbas highway in the Akkar plain in north Lebanon. The suspect, against whom several arrest warrants have been issued, was injured in the leg as a result of the shooting before he was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Shooting
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.