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Conflict Incident Report

LAF: two bombs dismantled in Tripoli

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
December 5, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The Lebanese Armed Forces Orientation Directorate issued on Friday the following statement: "At 10.45 today a LAF patrol discovered a hand grenade and a handmade bomb weighing 500 grams in the American neighbourhood in the northern city of Tripoli. Both bombs were wired to a fuse and placed inside an empty water bottle. A military expert promptly attended the scene and dismantled the bombs." http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/37422/LAF-two-bombs-dismantled-in...

Primary category: 
Clashes/Armed Conflict
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.