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Conflict Incident Report

Shooting in Ain ElHelweh Camp due to individual clash

Date of incident: 
December 26, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

Gunshots were heard in the neighborhood of Hittin in Ain el-Hilweh Refugee Camp, which turned out to be the result of an individual clash that evolved into shooting, NNA correspondent in Sidon reported.

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary Category: 
Shooting
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.