Conflict Incident Report

Protesters briefly block highway over electricity cuts

Date of incident:

July 7, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Lebanese Civilians

A dozen protesters held a brief and unannounced protest against electricity cuts in Beirut Tuesday, blocking a major highway linking the city to the southern suburbs.
According to The Daily Star's photographer, the protesters set fire to piles of garbage on the highway leading to the roundabout near the Kuwaiti Embassy.
Lebanese Army troops immediately rushed to the scene and reopened the road, he said.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Jul-07/305593-protest...

Primary category:

Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]

Classification of conflict (primary):

Conflicts of socio-economic development

Conflicts associated with lack of, or gaps in economic development, opportunities and access to resources.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

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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Conflict Incident Report

Protesters briefly block highway over electricity cuts