Conflict Incident Report

Lebanon arrests 2 posing as sorcerers

Date of incident:

February 16, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

ISF(internal security forces)

Internal Security Forces arrested two men Tuesday in eastern Lebanon for conning people with their sorcery business.
A statement said the ISF was able to track and arrest the so-called mastermind behind the sorcery business, who was identified by the initials S.N. He was apprehended along with his aide in the eastern town of Barr Elias.
The ISF said the two men would take money from people promising to use magic to solve their personal problems.
The two men have been referred to a court for further investigation

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Feb-16/337563-lebanon...

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

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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Lebanon arrests 2 posing as sorcerers