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Conflict Incident Report

Missing Akkar resident found dead

Date of incident: 
August 2, 2017
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

A man who went missing on the 30th of July was found dead. An ISF unit discovered the body of a 26-year-old Akkar resident, four days after he went missing.

A development in the case came after the victim’s friend confessed to the killing and revealed to the police that the body was in the town of Bkeftin in Koura district. The suspect also said another man helped him in the killing, adding that the assailant owed the victim money and killed him to avoid paying.

Primary category: 
Murder
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.