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Conflict Incident Report

Shooter arrested in Tripoli

Date of incident: 
January 21, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

On 21 Jan 17, in Bab el Ramel-Tripoli, a personal dispute between a Lebanese national and Syrian national over rent escalated into shooting. One (1) injury was reported and transferred to the hospital. The shooter was arrested.

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.