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Conflict Incident Report

ISF officer killed on duty

Date of incident: 
October 28, 2018
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

An Internal Security Forces adjutant was killed Sunday while attempting to apprehend a wanted man in Nahr al-Mawt.

The adjutant’s name was Mikhael Hanna Hazim, ISF officer had been trying to handcuff the suspect when a fight broke out and the suspect shot Hazim in the head.

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.