Conflict Incident Report

Security guard foils bank robbery in Shoueifat

Date of incident:

November 4, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

Armed militants

Two masked gunmen Wednesday tried to storm a branch of Byblos Bank in Shoueifat, south of Beirut, but were stopped by the bank’s security guards.
A security source told The Daily Star the assailants quickly approached the bank and knocked down the security guard standing outside the door, causing him to collapse.
Another man standing guard inside the bank quickly closed and locked the door behind him, preventing the assailants from entering.
The robbers fled to an unknown destination, the source said.
The same branch was robbed in broad daylight three years ago.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Nov-04/321570-securit...

Primary category:

Robbery/Trespassing

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.

Back to map

You are here

Conflict Incident Report

Security guard foils bank robbery in Shoueifat