Conflict Incident Report

Officer dead, two soldiers wounded in a bomb shell explosion at an Army tank in Minnieh

Date of incident:

October 28, 2014

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

2persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Armed militants

Gunmen attacked Saturday afternoon an Army patrol tank using a rocket-propelled grenade in the region of Minnieh in the North, nearby "Haroun Mosque," causing the death of an officer and the injury of 2 soldiers," a Lebanese Army Orientation Directorate communiqué indicated. Army units are currently tracking down the perpetrators, in order to arrest and prosecute them, the communiqué added.

Source Link:

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/35369/Officer-dead-two-sol…

Primary category:

Explosion

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

Officer dead, two soldiers wounded in a bomb shell explosion at an Army tank in Minnieh