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Conflict Incident Report

Shooter arrested in Jounieh

Date of incident: 
May 31, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

On 31 May 16, a man fired shots towards another man in Jounieh-Kesserwan after a dispute over the right of vehicle passage. One man was injured. The shooter was later apprehended by the Internal Security Forces and his gun was confiscated.

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.