Conflict Incident Report

Lebanese Man Dies in Self-immolation

Date of incident:

July 21, 2015

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

On 21 July 15, a Lebanese man died after setting himself on fire in Beirut's southern suburbs. He went to the roof of his house that lies in the area of al-Ramel al-Ali and sprayed himself with flammable material, then set himself alight and died on the spot. Media allegedly reported that he is a drug addict. He self-immolated after taking drugs and jumped from the roof of the four-storey building, it added.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/185261-lebanese-man-dies-in-self-immo...

Primary category:

Personal Accident [inc. drowning, suicide...]

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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Lebanese Man Dies in Self-immolation