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Conflict Incident Report

Retired military person shot in Tripoli

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
October 23, 2014
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Two masked men on their motorcycle in Tripoli, shot Khaled Youssef (a retired military men) in Ebn Sina street. The injured was taken to the hospital and he is suffering critical condition. http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/35272/Retired-military-person-sho...

Primary category: 
Shooting
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.