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Conflict Incident Report

LAF arrest two persons in Tripoli

Date of incident: 
August 20, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians

On 20 Aug 16, at 1650hrs, in Tripoli, a personal dispute escalated into a fistfight between a former axes commander and a person from the area. LAF directly contained the situation and arrested both of them.

Primary 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.