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Conflict Incident Report

Man suspected of murdering son arrested in north Lebanon

Date of incident: 
June 15, 2017
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

The Internal Security Forces arrested a man in north Lebanon who is suspected of murdering his son.

The ISF said in a statement that 61-year-old H.Aa shot his son dead over a financial and real estate dispute on August 2, 2015. The incident took place in Hrar, north Lebanon.

H.Aa then reportedly disappeared, and is said to have threatened to kill his wife and daughter if they pressed charges against him.

On Thursday, the ISF located the suspect in a grocery store in the north Lebanon town of Amchit, and arrested him on charges of murder.

Upon questioning him, the ISF found out that he was previously imprisoned for 15 years for committing another murder.

He was referred to the judiciary for further investigation.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.