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Conflict Incident Report

Palestinian from Ain al-Hilweh camp surrenders to police

Date of incident: 
October 19, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

A Palestinian national from south Lebanon wanted for shooting at someone in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp surrendered to the Internal Security Forces, state media reported.

The National News Agency said Mohammad M. handed himself over to police intelligence in the nearby city of Sidon for firing at a man and wounding him in the leg around a month ago.

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.