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Conflict Incident Report

Lebanese national murdered in Majdelyoun

Date of incident: 
June 21, 2017
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

The town of Majdalyoun, east of Sidon, witnessed at midnight the horrific murder of Lebanese national, Maroun Hanna Nuhra (47 years old), who hails from the town of Ein al-Delb. In further details, Nuhra was in his car on Majdalyoun main road. According to surveillance cameras installed around the scene, a person in a silver-colored Mercedes carrying the plate number 116518/S stepped out of the vehicle and shot towards Nuhra from a military weapon and then fled to an unknown destination.

Nuhra was later transferred to Labib medical center in Sidon, where he was found to have been shot in the chest, head, and shoulder. Security forces inspected the crime scene and are currently investigating the incident. Ownership records of the Mercedes revealed that it is possessed by Palestinian national, Khalil Hassan Hamad. Meanwhile, the search is ongoing for the car and the shooter.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.