You are here

Conflict Incident Report

Security Forces circulate picture of wanted person for killing crime

Date of incident: 
May 21, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Judicial Police - ISF
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

A patrol from Sidon Judicial Branch succeeded in arresting one of the two fugitives (R.A), of Lebanese nationality (born in 1992), that shot and murdered a Syrian man on the 18th of May on the airport highway. He confessed that he was driving the motorcycle when the killing crime took place and that he was with three other persons riding two motorcycles. He also acknowledged that his companion (M.SH) of the Lebanese nationality (born in 1995) who was riding the motorcycle behind him is the one who shot the fire at the victim, the communiqué said. The communiqué added that the investigations revealed that the fugitive is wanted from judiciary authorities over various crimes; accordingly and upon judicial authorities notice, the ISF General Directorate circulates his picture and asks who ever was attacked by him to attend Sidon judicial department premises in order to take the needed legal measures.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.