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Conflict Incident Report

Lebanese man robs 25 motorbikes from Syrian refugees in Hermel

Date of incident: 
January 19, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces arrested a man suspected of sheep-rustling and robbing several houses across Lebanon’s northeastern region of Baalbeck-Hermel. The suspect, identified as Lebanese national Aa.Aa., born in 1992, was arrested on suspicion of having carried out the robberies, and later reportedly confessed to committing them along with several accomplices. The suspect reportedly stole around 25 motorbikes belonging to Syrian refugees living in the Hermel area, which were subsequently sold.

Primary category: 
Robbery/Trespassing
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.