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Conflict Incident Report
Robbery in Baalbek
Date of incident:
April 15, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Overnight, unidentified assailants broke into a cell phone shop owned by Naser al-Masri in Bechara Khoury Street in Baalbeck in one of the area’s most recent reported robbery.
The amount of losses is yet to be estimated.
Baalbeck, located in the northern part of the Bekaa Valley, is known to be a safe haven for fugitives, and revenge killings are common in the region.
Kidnappings for ransom, car theft, arbitrary gunfire, murder, among other crimes are rife, both in the city and surrounding towns in the Baalbek district.
Recently, key local figures have led awareness campaigns against these illicit activities.
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.
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