Conflict Incident Report

Old Airport Road Blocked in Protest at Electricity Crisis

Date of incident:

August 4, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

Civil Defense

The old airport road outside Beirut was blocked Tuesday evening in protest at an electricity crisis that has been engulfing the country since last week. “A number of young men from the Bir Hassan region blocked the old airport road outside al-Rawda High School with burning tires and trash dumpsters,” state-run National News Agency reported. Firefighting vehicles and security forces have since arrived at the location to address the situation, NNA said.

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Primary category:

Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]

Secondary Category:

Fire

Classification of conflict (primary):

Conflicts of socio-economic development

Conflicts associated with lack of, or gaps in economic development, opportunities and access to resources.

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

Old Airport Road Blocked in Protest at Electricity Crisis