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Conflict Incident Report

Man shot and killed in Al Ghobeireh

Date of incident: 
January 16, 2017
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

On 16 Jan 17, in Al Ghobeireh-Mount Lebanon, a man ,allegedly an employee in Al Ghobeiry municipality , was shot by unidentified person. He has succumbed to his wounds in the hospital and died.

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.