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Conflict Incident Report

Retired Army first sergeant found dead in his home

Date of incident: 
November 18, 2018
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

A retired Lebanese Army first sergeant was found dead in his house Sunday, according to the state-run National News Agency. The victim was identified as F.A.A. and was in his 50s, the NNA reported. F.A.A., who was married with children, was found dead in his house in the southern Beirut suburb of Laylaki. The Internal Security Forces, the military police and a forensic doctor immediately arrived at the scene, and investigations have begun into the cause of his death.

Primary category: 
Murder
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.