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Roads blocked in Bekaa
Date of incident:
January 19, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
On 19 Jan 17, relatives of a 74-year-old man who was abducted on 18 Jan, blocked several key roads in central Bekaa and threatened to carry out counter-kidnaps if he was not freed. The angry relatives blocked several roads (Saadnayel, Jdita, Ksara Roundabout, Ksara International Road, Mraijat and Tarchich) with dirt, trucks and burning tires.
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Primary category:
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
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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