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Conflict Incident Report

Security forces in pursuit of suspect for shooting into air at Byblos entrance

Date of incident: 
July 12, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
ISF(internal security forces)

On 12 July 15, Security forces are currently tracking down an unidentified person riding a 4-wheel Cadillac Escalad with a codeless plate number 770, after he fired 7 pistol shots into the air at the entrance of Byblos and then fled to an unknown destination.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/46600/Security-forces-in-pursuit-of-s...

Primary category: 
Shooting
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.