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Conflict Incident Report

Release of kidnapped citizen in Baalbek

Date of incident: 
December 17, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Armed militants

The citizen, Bernard Serge Salameh, was released on Wednesday morning after he was kidnapped earlier by militants in Baalbek, NNA field reporter said.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/37986/Release-of-kidnapped-citize...

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.