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Conflict Incident Report

Man shot in the legs in Tripoli

Date of incident: 
December 22, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person

Two men riding a motorcycle shot a man named Mohammad Noureddine Amin in Hourrieh Street of Tripoli, wounding one of his legs, NNA field reporter said on Monday.

The victim was immediately transferred to the Islamic Philanthropic Hospital, whilst the Internal Security Forces launched an investigation into the incident.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/38200/Man-shot-in-the-legs-in-Tri...

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.