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Conflict Incident Report

Security Forces arrest main member behind Bourj Barajneh twin blast

Date of incident: 
January 10, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
ISF Intelligence Branch

The ISF announced on Sunday that a strike force from the Information Branch apprehended the "main member" of the group responsible for the twin-bombings of Bourj Barajneh. The criminal, Kh.Z., known as Abou Talha is a Lebanese national born in 1986. He was captured in a building in Qubba region in the northern city of Tripoli. The terrorist group he belonged to also attempted to carry out attacks in the north at the same time of the Bourj Barajneh explosions. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/54966/Security-Forces-arrest-main-mem...

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary): 
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.