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Conflict Incident Report

Parking dispute leads to shooting in south

Date of incident: 
August 9, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
ISF Intelligence Branch

A parking dispute in south Lebanon led to a person being shot and wounded. The Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces arrested Mustapha B. after he shot Abdullah A. in the foot because the latter parked in front of a garage belonging to Mustapha’s store in Abra. Adib B., a relative of the shooter, was also arrested for taking part in the fight.

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.