Conflict Incident Report

Lovesick Man Shoots 'Girlfriend' before Turning Weapon on Himself

Date of incident:

May 31, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

2persons

A lovesick young man has shot and wounded his girlfriend in the Mount Lebanon area of Aley before turning the weapon on himself, media reports said on Sunday.
MTV said the girl was “shot in the back” and that her condition was “stable to good.” She was rushed to the military hospital in Beirut.
“The boyfriend was transferred in a very critical condition to the Kamal Jumblat Hospital in Choueifat,” MTV added.
The shooting erupted after a dispute between the two young “lovers,” the TV network said.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/180601-lovesick-man-shoots-girlfriend...

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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Lovesick Man Shoots 'Girlfriend' before Turning Weapon on Himself