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Conflict Incident Report
Lebanese army opens fire at vehicle
Date of incident:
September 28, 2015
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
One person was wounded after Lebanese soldiers opened fire at a vehicle that allegedly failed to heed orders to stop at a military checkpoint in east Lebanon.
The state-run National News Agency reported that soldiers manning a checkpoint at the entrance of Hay al-Sharawneh neighborhood in Baalbek ordered a man in a car to stop, and when he didn't, this prompted them to open fire.
One person was injured, NNA said, however it's still unclear clear whether it was the driver of the car.
Primary 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.
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