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Conflict Incident Report
Murderer of Syrian Child Arrested
Date of incident:
March 24, 2015
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
The murderer of a Syrian child was arrested on Tuesday after he confessed to his crime, reported LBCI television.
It said that Ahmed Walid al-Basha, who hails from Syria's Tall Kalakh, confessed to killing Syrian Walid Halloum.
He admitted to murdering the 14-year-old boy by strangling him with a metal wire as he attempted to rape him.
Halloum, who went missing on Sunday, was found dead on the banks of the river in the town of al-Kuwaikhat in the northern Akkar district.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/172883-murderer-of-syrian-child-arrested
NB: Please note that the report did not mention a specific location for this security incident.
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.
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