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Conflict Incident Report
One wounded as Bourj al-Barajneh dispute escalates into shooting
Date of incident:
May 8, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
1 person
On 08 May, 2017, one person was wounded when a personal dispute in the southern Beirut suburb of Bourj al-Barajneh escalated into shooting.
Primary category:
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary 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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