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Conflict Incident Report

local in Thoum shoots himself dead

Date of incident: 
June 17, 2015
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - The citizen Toni Shouwaifati, born in Beirut, shot himself dead while he was at one of his relatives' house in the town of Thoum in Batroun district, National News Agency reported on Wednesday.
Security apparatuses opened investigations to reveal the circumstances of incident.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/45529/local-in-Thoum-shoots-himself-dead.

Primary category: 
Personal Accident [inc. drowning, suicide...]
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.