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Conflict Incident Report

Man arrested in Jbeil robbery of elderly man

Date of incident: 
July 23, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

he Internal Security Forces arrested a man in Jbeil for scamming and fraud, according to the state-run National News Agency.

The suspect, identified as A.B.Aa., born 1972 in Chouf, stole $600 Sunday from an elderly man who is a member of the Abi Akl family. The suspect is accused of claiming to be a handmade-products salesman and entering Abi Akl’s Bejjeh home to steal the money, though he returned to the elderly man’s home the following morning and returned LL 400,000 ($267), the NNA reported.

A.B.Aa. is currently being held for questioning at the Lahfad Police Station, after being tracked down by municipality police and arrested by the ISF’s Information Branch.

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.