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Conflict Incident Report

LAF fired shots in the air in Bab El Tebbeneh

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
June 6, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

In Syria Street - Bab El Tebbeneh, the Lebanese Army Force (LAF) fired shots in the air in order to disperse angry men who took to the streets to protest the arrest of a person from Al Sayyed family. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/45111/LAF-fires-shots-to-disperse-ang...

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Secondary 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.