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ISF: Man who kidnapped and raped minor in Bourj Hammoud arrested

Date of incident: 
August 12, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
ISF(internal security forces)

The kidnapper and rapist of a 14-year-old girl in Bourj Hammoud was arrested yesterday in Rawda, the Internal Security Forces indicated in a statement on Thursday. In details, the minor's father pressed charges at Bourj Hammoud gendarmerie against B.D., Lebanese, after his daughter, born 2001, was kidnapped. Three days later, the girl returned home and was examined by a coroner, who found that she had been raped. According to the girl, the culprit anesthetized the girl after snatching her, and transported her in his car from Bourj Hammoud to an unidentified place where he raped her. Police managed to arrest him yesterday in Rawda following intensified investigations.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/48059/ISF-Man-who-kidnapped-and-raped...

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]
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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