Conflict Incident Report

Rihaniyeh locals cut off main road after Army members attacked

Date of incident:

October 9, 2014

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

1 person

Actors/Parties Involved:

Armed militants

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

A Lebanese soldier, Milad Mohamad Issa, was killed and another injured on Thursday dawn when unknown assailants shot them in the northern Akkar district.

In details, the gunmen, who were riding a motorcycle, opened fire on the Lebanese Army soldiers (Milad Mohamad Issa and Mohamad Fakhr Eddine Haydar) at the junction of the town of al-Rihaniyeh around 4:30 am.
Following the attack, the military carried out patrols in the area and set up checkpoints to find the suspects.
The shooting sparked anger among al-Rihaniyeh's residents, who on Thursday morning blocked the main road of Rihaniyeh.
The protesters called for the immediate arrest of the assailants and expressed their support to the Army.
http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/34471/Rihaniyeh-locals-cut-off-ma...

Primary category:

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

Secondary Category:

Shooting

Classification of conflict (primary):

Policy conflicts

Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.

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

Rihaniyeh locals cut off main road after Army members attacked