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Police arrest burglar after social media video
Date of incident:
April 5, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
BEIRUT: Police arrested a burglar after a video surfaced on social media showing the culprit breaking into a van, the Internal Security Forces announcedy. According to the ISF statement, the video showed a man breaking into a parked Renault Rapid in Mreijeh, in the Baabda district. After identifying the burglar – 35-year-old Aa.K. – authorities raided his house in Hay al-Sellom in Beirut’s southern suburbs, seizing six universal car keys, drug paraphernalia and tools commonly used in robberies. The suspect allegedly confessed to 50 robberies in Mreijeh, Hay al-Sellom and Tahwitat al-Ghadir. He has been taken into custody and referred to the judiciary for further questioning.
Primary category:
Raid
Secondary Category:
Arrest/Detention
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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