Conflict Incident Report

Molotov Cocktail Defused near Nightclub in Zouk

Date of incident:

September 29, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

A military expert defused at dawn Tuesday a Molotov cocktail placed near a nightclub in Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported. NNA said a bottle containing gasoline and linked to two big firecrackers were tossed near Sideway nightclub, which lies close to the Holiday Beach resort. An investigation was launched into the case, the agency added.

Source Link:

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/190829-molotov-cocktail-defuse…

Primary category:

Dismantlement of Explosives/Demining

Classification of conflict (primary):

Power & governance conflicts

Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

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.

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Conflict Incident Report

Molotov Cocktail Defused near Nightclub in Zouk