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Conflict Incident Report

Man shot dead in Arsal in altercation

Date of incident: 
May 22, 2018
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

 A man was shot dead when an altercation escalated in the northeastern border town of Arsal. The state-run National News Agency reported that a man identified as S.S. al-Hujairi shot Ali Khaled al-Baridi with a rifle, critically wounding him. He was rushed to the Al-Rahma Hospital in Arsal and then to Mortada Hospital in Baalbeck, where he was pronounced dead.

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary 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.