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Conflict Incident Report

Police arrest suspects who stole money

Date of incident: 
December 21, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces announced Friday that two suspects had been arrested for allegedly stealing money and security cameras from a restaurant in the southern city of Sidon.

The suspects were identified in a statement as M.F., a Lebanese national born in 1984, and A.H., a Syrian national born in 1988.

The ISF said that in addition to the stolen cameras, it seized a vehicle used in the crime, a portion of the LL7 million ($4,600) that had been stolen and a UPS device that was also taken from the restaurant.

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.