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Conflict Incident Report
Man arrested for armed robbery
Date of incident:
November 7, 2016
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
“Following information and surveillance, local police forces were informed of two wanted men suspected of stealing motorcycles, while using weapons,” the ISF said in statement. The men were suspected of committing crimes across Mount Lebanon districts, including Beirut’s southern suburbs, Khaldeh, Choueifat, Aramoun and Baabda.
Security forces arrested a Lebanese man born in 1996. His accomplice fled at the time of arrest. During questioning, the man admitted to committing over 100 armed robberies with the help of two Syrians, and to stealing motorcycles, also with the help of two others
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.
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