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ISF officer wounded during raids in Baddawi

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
February 19, 2015
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
1 person

On 19 Feb 15, an Internal Security Forces officer was injured and a suspect killed during a raid in the northern city of Tripoli. ISF Intelligence Branch Maj. Nazih Saleh was wounded when Wael Kamel Youssef, who is wanted on several arrest warrants, tossed a grenade in al-Beddawi area at dawn. Intelligence officers apprehended Youssef who was also wounded in the raid. But the suspect, also known as Abou al-Madaress, later succumbed to his injuries.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/168074-isf-officer-wounded-in-tripoli...

A security source said Youssef’s relatives fired their weapons and threw a grenade at a Lebanese Army patrol in the Jabal Badawi-Mankoubeen area when Abu al-Madariss’ body arrived in the town. No casualties were reported from the early afternoon attack.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Feb-20/288122-securit...

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary Category: 
Explosion
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.