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Conflict Incident Report

Scores, Including Suspected Syrian Terrorists, Arrested (2)

Date of incident: 
August 17, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees
Lebanese Civilians

In the southern town of Alman, a military patrol arrested Palestinian Ayad Mohammed Salloum while Lebanese Ali Ghazi al-Assaad and Mohammed Ibrahim Fadel were apprehended in Beirut's Haret Hreik neighborhood for involvement in shootings and injuring citizens and a soldier.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.