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Conflict Incident Report

Shooter handed himself over LAF

Date of incident: 
January 16, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

On 16 Jan 17, in Al Ghobeireh-Mount Lebanon, a man ,allegedly an employee in Al Ghobeiry municipality , was shot by unidentified person. He has succumbed to his wounds in the hospital and died. The shooter turned himself in to the authorities. The circumstances of the incident remain unknown.

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.