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Conflict Incident Report

Police arrest 4 men suspected of forming car theft ring

Date of incident: 
July 1, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Judicial Police - ISF
Lebanese Civilians

ISF said Judicial Police detained  four other suspects, also members of the same gang, in the Mount Lebanon towns of Kfar Faqoud, Kfar Heem and Ain wa Zein in Chouf district. Lebanese nationals R.Q., 25, F.Aa., 20, S.N., 21, and Aa.N., 23, admitted to renting cars and luring the rental company drivers into Brital for the purpose of stealing the vehicles, the statement said. Investigation is currently underway under the supervision of the judiciary.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary 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.