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Conflict Incident Report

Man injured during gun fight in S.Beirut suburb

Date of incident: 
December 15, 2015
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

A man was injured Tuesday after being shot during a gun fight between two families in a southern Beirut suburb, the-state run National News Agency said.
The NNA reported that Ali Mohammad Zeaiter was critically injured during an exchange of fire between the Zeaiter and Msheik families at around 2:00 p.m., which took place on the outskirts of the town of Choueifat.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Dec-15/327492-man-inj...

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.