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Police arrest suspect in Kaslik nightclub shooting
Date of incident:
February 26, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
BEIRUT: Police arrested a man suspected of Feb. 12 nightclub shooting in the Mount Lebanon town of Kaslik. The suspect, a Lebanese national identified as 20-year-old Aa.N., was arrested near Jounieh, according to a statement released by the Internal Security Forces. The suspect reportedly confessed to the charges, admitting to firing a weapon on a separate occasion in the Maameltein district and working as an accessory to another Kaslik shooting on Feb. 19. No injuries were reported in either incident. According to the ISF statement, a warrant was issued against him for a shooting in Chiyah on Jan. 29.
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.
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