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Conflict Incident Report

Lebanese Army arrests robber posing as a security officer

Date of incident: 
January 8, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians

On 08 Jan 17, the Lebanese Army arrested a suspect on charges of robbery in Mount Lebanon. He was arrested for participating in a robbery of a man in his car on an internal road connecting Mount Lebanon with Baalbeck in the Bekaa Valley. The suspect had allegedly posed as a security officer. Hewas also accused of several acts of theft and fraud.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary): 
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.