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Conflict Incident Report

LAF deployed after explosion in Arsal

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
September 19, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Two Lebanese army soldiers got killed and three were injured around noon in the Bekaa town of Arsal as a bomb exploded while a military vehicle was passing by, a communiqué by the army command indicated on Friday.

The army immediately cordoned off the place and a military expert inspected the blast site.

The military police opened investigation into the incident.

Primary category: 
Militant Deployment
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.