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Man arrested in south Lebanon for accidentally shooting son
Date of incident:
April 18, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
BEIRUT: Lebanese security forces Tuesday detained a Palestinian in the southern city of Sidon after he shot his son in the hand, the National News Agency reported.
NNA said that a Palestinian from the Al-Tiri neighborhood in Ain al-Hilweh, identified by his initials S.T., accidentally shot his 12-year-old son in the hand while playing and mishandling a pistol.
Security forces have opened an investigation into the incident.
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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