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Conflict Incident Report

Lebanon police arrest suspected murderer, armed gang leader

Date of incident: 
February 11, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

BEIRUT: Police in north Lebanon arrested a 42-year-old man suspected of forming an armed gang, state media reported.

The suspect, identified as Hasan R., was arrested in the Bab al-Ramel neighborhood in the northern city of Tripoli.

The National News Agency said the suspect was wanted on four arrest warrants, with charges of forming an armed gang, the possession of explosives, murder and forgery.

He was handed over to judicial authorities for questioning.

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.