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Conflict Incident Report

Man hit by anonymous fire in Zahle

Date of incident: 
December 25, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person

Hassan A., born 1989, was injured by gunfire from an anonymous source in front of Khoury Hospital in Zahle, NNA field correspondent reported on Thursday.

The victim was shot a couple of hours after midnight and was hit in the belly. He was taken inside the hospital for treatment as an investigation was launched into the attack.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/38354/Man-hit-by-anonymous-fire-i...

Primary category: 
Shooting
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.