Conflict Incident Report

Release of a citizen after being kidnapped on the road of Rayak

Date of incident:

August 26, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

On 26 Aug 15, four masked men on board of a black BMW intercepted a citizen on the road to Rayak, they took him down to the ground at gunpoint from his rented car then fled to an unknown destination while two from the masked men took his vehicle. Immediately, witnesses to the incident told the security forces and contacted the car rental company who disabled the car operating on gps system. The kidnappers soon released the citizen and left his car in Nabi Sheet.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/176352/

Primary category:

Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]

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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Conflict Incident Report

Release of a citizen after being kidnapped on the road of Rayak