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Conflict Incident Report
Man detained for assaulting a doctor
Date of incident:
July 16, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
The head of the Lebanese Order of Physicians, Dr. Raymond Sayegh, condemned Wednesday a recent attack on the head of a Beirut hospital’s emergency department, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The NNA said the suspect, who was not identified in the report, had been detained.
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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