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Conflict Incident Report

LAF checkpoint fired shots in the air in Tripoli

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
March 24, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

On 24 Mar 15, LAF members of a checkpoint fired shots in the air in the locality Zahrieh near Hamidi mosque, due to non-compliance of a vehicle to stop. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/149443/

Primary category: 
Shooting
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.