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Conflict Incident Report

Security forces shut down unlicensed surgery clinic

Date of incident: 
December 1, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

Security forces Saturday raided and shut down an unlicensed cosmetic surgery clinic run out of a man’s apartment in Zouk Mikael, a Health Ministry statement said.

The ministry said the raid had taken place at a man’s apartment as women were in the home waiting to undergo procedures. The security forces also seized medical equipment during the raid.

The man was identified as a Lebanese national, but further details about him were not provided. He was reportedly helped by his wife, whose identity was not disclosed.

Primary category: 
Raid
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.