Conflict Incident Report

LAF detain two for belonging to ISIL

Date of incident:

May 22, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))

On 22 May 15, The Lebanese Armed Forces Intelligence unit detained two men linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa valley. Abdul Nabi Roumiyeh and his son were detained in Bar Elias area. Twenty-two cell phones and two computers in their possession were seized.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/179731-army-detains-two-for-belonging...

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 detain two for belonging to ISIL