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Conflict Incident Report

Man assaulted during taxi ride to Tripoli

Date of incident: 
May 11, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

A man was attacked during a taxi ride to the northern city of Tripoli, state media reported.

W. Kabbara was beat up and stabbed during a taxi ride to Abi Samra, a neighborhood in Tripoli.

The aggressors stole his phone and money, and then left him in an abandoned land.

Kabbara was taken to a hospital for treatment, and investigations are underway.

Primary category: 
Robbery/Trespassing
Secondary Category: 
Assault
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.