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Conflict Incident Report

Man shot in Sheikh Aayash

Date of incident: 
August 2, 2017
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons

On 01 Aug 17, a man was shot and killed in Sheikh Aayash village, Aakkar, North Lebanon. The Internal Security Forces launched an investigation to uncover the circumstances of the crime and its perpetrators.

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.