Conflict Incident Report

Roumieh Prisoner Stabs another Inmate to Death

Date of incident:

January 26, 2016

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

ISF(internal security forces)

The Internal Security Forces said on Tuesday that a Palestinian has stabbed to death a Lebanese inmate in Roumieh prison after accusing him of being the reason for his transfer to another cell.
A communique issued by the ISF general-directorate said the 25-year-old Palestinian inmate stabbed the Lebanese man in his neck and chest with a sharp object last Friday.
The Lebanese prisoner, who is 46 years old, was taken to hospital but he succumbed to his injuries, it said.
According to the ISF, the investigation concluded that the sharp object was an improvised weapon and had not been smuggled to the prison.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/200445-palestinian-stabs-lebanese-pri...

Primary category:

Murder

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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Roumieh Prisoner Stabs another Inmate to Death