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Conflict Incident Report
Mounzer Al Hassan killed in Tripoli
Associated Timeline/Case:
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident:
July 20, 2014
Death toll:
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Armed militants
Mounzer Al-Hassan --accused of providing explosive belts to the two Saudi's who exploded themselves in Duroy Hotel in Beirut a few weeks ago-- was killed on Sunday at 01:00 a.m in a confrontation in Tripoli between him and a force from ISF Information Department. The field correspondent said that a force from ISF Information Department attacked an apartment in City-Complex 2 in Tripoli resided by Al-Hassan where clashes took place and led to the killing of the accused. It is to note that Mounzer Khaldoun Al- Hassan born in 1990 in Bazbina - Akkar holds the Sweden nationality in the name of Hassan Al Mounzer.
Primary category:
Clashes/Armed Conflict
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.
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