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Conflict Incident Report
One gunman killed, another wounded while robbing bank in Dahieh
Date of incident:
December 30, 2016
Death toll:
1 person
Number of Injured:
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
A gunman, Ammar Ali Zeaiter, was killed and another wounded, Hassan Hussein Cheaib, as both were trying to rob Credit Bank on Martyr Hadi Nasrallah autoroute in the Southern Suburbs of Beirut, NNA field reporter said.
The two penetrated savagely into said bank causing screams of fear and horror within the employees and people inside the bank especially when the robbers opened fire. It happened by coincidence the presence of an Internal Security Forces (ISF) soldier in front of the bank who as soon as he felt the tumult and fire shots rushed into the bank to exchange fire with the gunmen, killing one and wounding the other who was taken thereafter to Burj Al Barajenah military department for investigations.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category:
Shooting
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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