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Conflict Incident Report

Personal Dispute Aggravates into Gunfight in Akkar

Date of incident: 
May 18, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

On 18 May 2017, a personal dispute erupted between members of two families in the northern region of Akkar and escalated into an exchange of fire and roads were closed with burning tires

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.