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Conflict Incident Report
ISF free child held hostage by father
Date of incident:
November 8, 2016
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
On 08 Nov 16, the Internal Security Forces freed a 5-year-old girl who was being falsely imprisoned by her father after a two-hour standoff. The father, identified as G. Faitrouni, had been holding the girl, Melissa, against her will in their home in the Hai Al-Shaiqan neighborhood in Baalbeck. ISF and LAF units surrounded the house while local figures negotiated with the father who was threatening to kill the girl. The allegedly life-threatening situation ended when he conceded and handed over his daughter. The man had been abusing prescription drugs after his divorce.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category:
Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]
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.
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