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Conflict Incident Report

Robbers loot a north Lebanon money transfer shop

Date of incident: 
December 27, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

On 27 Dec 16, armed robbers stole $5,000 from a money transfer shop in north Lebanon. The thieves broke into Bob Finance, a shop for money transfers, in the northern town of Amion. Police soon arrived and started an investigation into the incident. No further details were provided, and the culprits remain unidentified.

Primary category: 
Robbery/Trespassing
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.