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Conflict Incident Report

Piles of garbage torched in south Lebanon

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Waste Management Conflict (Starting January 25, 2014)
Date of incident: 
November 25, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

Mounds of trash were set on fire in the southern district of Nabatieh, the National News Agency reported.

NNA said that the piles of trash were set on fire during the night, causing fears among resident.The municipality dispatched a large water truck to douse the blaze.

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