Conflict Incident Report

Knife Attacker Kills Man in Ashrafieh after Long Car Chase

Date of incident:

July 17, 2015

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

A motorist chased another driver from the airport road to Ashrafieh to stab him with a knife after a dispute over traffic priority, media reports said on Thursday.
The stabbed man, 45-year-old George al-Rif, was critically injured before dying of his wounds in hospital while the assaulter, Tareq Yatim, was arrested Thursday in Ashrafieh, state-run National News Agency reported.
“Army intelligence agents from the Ashrafieh department have managed to arrest Tareq Yatim, who had stabbed George al-Rif in Ashrafieh,” NNA said, noting that the victim has four children.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/184910-knife-attacker-kills-man-in-as...

Primary category:

Murder

Secondary Category:

Arrest/Detention

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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Conflict Incident Report

Knife Attacker Kills Man in Ashrafieh after Long Car Chase