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Conflict Incident Report

Police arrest man over theft in Tyre

Date of incident: 
July 4, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees
ISF Intelligence Branch

Police arrested a man in southern Lebanon suspected of stealing approximately $30,000, authorities said.

The Internal Security Forces’ Information Branch apprehended a 23-year-old Palestinian man who allegedly stole money and jewelry worth nearly $30,000 from the house of a Lebanese citizen F.Aa. in 2016. After almost a year, the suspect, known as Z.J., was detained at Abbasieh intersection near Tyre, an ISF statement reported. The Statement added that Z.J. admitted to the robbery and to investing the $30,000 on the stock market. Z.J. was referred to the judiciary for further investigations.

Primary 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.