Conflict Incident Report

Shooting following road block in Akkar el Atika

Date of incident:

May 28, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

On 28 May 16, at 11:00hrs, in Akkar Atika-Akkar, citizens from the area blocked the road in front of the election center in the village due to a dispute over the elections. Heavy LAF deployments attended the scene to open the road. As a result citizens from the area fired shots in the air, LAF responded to the sources of fire and sporadic shooting was reported in the area.

Supporters of incumbent municipal chief of Akkar al-Atiqa in the district of Akkar, Khaled al-Bahri, blocked roads on Saturday protesting his decision to resign and withdraw his nomination from the upcoming municipal elections, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The campaigners blocked the road with dirt in front of the polling stations in the Akkar Secondary School.

NNA said that al-Bahri took the decision after one of the candidates running for the municipal election set for Sunday, refused to withdraw his nomination in favor of an uncontested win agreement reached between the town's officials.

The officials are making the necessary contacts to end the dispute.

Source Link:

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/210307

Primary 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.

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Shooting following road block in Akkar el Atika