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Conflict Incident Report

Shooter arrested in Tripoli

Date of incident: 
August 23, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - One was injured during a clash that erupted between two young men in Tripoli, and developed into gunfire, National News Agency correspondent reported in Tuesday. 
Security forces managed to immediately arrest the fire shooter. 

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.