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Conflict Incident Report

Man shot several times during dispute in Akkar

Date of incident: 
August 21, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

A Akkar resident, identified as Khodor Aa., suffered several gunshot wounds when a fight broke out in the town of Qaitaa. He was taken to Al-Khair Hospital in Minyeh. Khodor was shot by gunmen traveling in two cars who fired military-grade weapons, according to the ISF, which has launched an investigation into the incident.

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.