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Conflict Incident Report

Robbery in Chiah

Date of incident: 
November 9, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces has arrested a married couple suspected of stealing a purse that contained $2,000 and identity papers, the agency reported in a statement Friday.

The couple, identified as Syrian nationals Aa.B., born 1988, and her husband M.H., born 1993, snatched the bag from inside a woman’s car in Baabda’s Chiyah and fled on the back of a motorcycle.

An ISF patrol arrested Aa.B. Thursday in Beirut’s southern suburbs. M.H. was later arrested while riding a motorcycle without plates in Mreijeh.

They were referred to the judiciary for further investigation.

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.