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Conflict Incident Report
Lebanon arrests suspected militant
Date of incident:
March 28, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
State Security
BEIRUT: Authorities arrested a 29-year-old suspect on charges of belonging to a militant group, state media reported.
State Security directorate said that Osama B. was arrested in the town of Mhamara in the northern district of Dinnieh, the National News Agency said.
The suspect will be referred to the judiciary for questioning.
The army and security forces have been cracking down on sleeper cells as part of a comprehensive security plan after the northeastern border town of Arsal in the Bekaa Valley was briefly overrun by extremists in 2014.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.
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