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Conflict Incident Report

Lebanese Army finds body of Syrian man near border

Date of incident: 
July 22, 2018
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

A Lebanese Army patrol found the body of a Syrian man in Shebaa near an illegal border crossing Sunday evening, according to an Army statement, that said the man had been shot on his way from Syria’s Qatana.

The body of Mohammad Yassin al-Hariri was found along with another Syrian national identified as Faisal Hariri, who was arrested by the patrol, the statement said, without providing further details.

An investigation was launched under judicial supervision.

Primary category: 
Murder
Secondary Category: 
Shooting
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.