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Local website office shot at in south Beirut
Date of incident:
February 12, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
A source from local website Lebanon-Syria News said the outlet’s office was shot at Monday night in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
“Someone shot at the office during the night and left a note on the door targeting the reporter we had at the STL Journalist Seminar,” the source said, referring to a Special Tribunal of Lebanon seminar being held in the Hague.
"We consider this an individual act and don't accuse anyone specifically," the source added.
Police could not immediately confirm the report.
Primary 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.
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