Conflict Incident Report

Passenger Van Attacked in Akkar, One Wounded

Date of incident:

September 24, 2014

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

1 person

One person was injured on Wednesday when a passenger van came under fire in the northern district of Akkar, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The van was transporting civilians and soldiers on the Bireh road when it was attacked by unknown gunmen at dawn Tuesday.

One of the civilian passengers was lightly wounded.

The agency identified the driver as Omar Ghazi Abdullah, who hails from the border area of Wadi Khaled in the North.

Following the attack, the army deployed in the area between the towns of al-Bireh and al-Sendyan.

NNA said there was “full cooperation” with the military by the residents.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/148549-passenger-van-attacked-in-akka...
http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/33744/Army-deploys-between-Bireh-...

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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Passenger Van Attacked in Akkar, One Wounded