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Conflict Incident Report

LAF: Suspect apprehended in Wadi Khaled

Date of incident: 
January 22, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The Lebanese Armed Forces Orientation Directorate issued the following statement:

"A LAF task force raided this morning the home of a suspect in Wadi Khaled-Akkar, where he was apprehended."
The statement added that the army confiscated six rifles, 13 hand grenades, and over ten thousand bullets and some military gear from the suspect's home.

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary 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.