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Conflict Incident Report

Masked gunmen shoot man in Aarsal

Date of incident: 
May 12, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

On 12 May 16, a Lebanese national was severely wounded after two masked gunmen opened fire at him in the northeastern border town of Aarsal. He was admitted to Al-Rayyan hospital in the city of Baalbek, east Lebanon. The circumstances of the incident remain unknown.

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.