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Conflict Incident Report

Personal dispute between Municipality police and Popular Bloc supports in Zahle

Date of incident: 
October 13, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

On 13 Oct 16, a personal dispute occurred between members of Municipality police and Popular Bloc’s supporters (Al Kotla Al Chaabia ) on the background of removing a group of kiosks from Joseph Skaff’s park.

[First hand data collected by the Lebanon Support team]

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
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.