Conflict Incident Report

LAF arrest two over terrorist financing

Date of incident:

May 5, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

On 05 May 15, the Lebanese Army intelligence arrested two people accused of transferring money to Lebanon to finance terrorist organizations. The army's communique identified the suspects as Mahmoud Mohammed Hamze and Mohammed Osama Mehsen. It said the two men are accused of transferring the money from Islamic Sate members abroad and handing the cash to associations and people linked to terrorist organizations. The army also announced the arrest of several fugitives during raids it carried out in the area of Sahra al-Shweifat in Beirut's southern suburbs. The four suspects are wanted for the possession of cocaine, military gear and for the use of firearms.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/177856-army-arrests-two-over-terroris...

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 two over terrorist financing