Conflict Incident Report

LAF arrest scores for illegal entry and terror links

Date of incident:

May 28, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

On 29 May 15, the Lebanese Armed Forces said that it has arrested scores of people suspected of entering Lebanon illegally and of belonging to terrorist organizations. The army command stated in a communique that the arrest of 47 people took place on Thursday 28 May 15 during raids that military units carried out in the area of al-Masnaa in the eastern Bekaa Valley. The area is inhabited by Syrian Nationals. Some of the detainees are suspected of infiltrating Lebanon and others are suspected of belonging to terrorist groups. Five unregistered motorcycles were seized during the raids. The detainees were handed over to the appropriate authorities.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/180412-army-arrests-scores-for-illega...

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

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.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

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

LAF arrest scores for illegal entry and terror links