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Conflict Incident Report

Shooting injures Syrian in Baalbek

Date of incident: 
April 18, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

BAALBEK, Lebanon: A Lebanese man fatally shot a Syrian man and wounded another in the eastern city of Baalbek Monday.

A security source told The Daily Star that a man identified as F. Zeaitar began shooting as several Syrian nationals in the Sharawneh neighborhood.

The two Syrians were transferred to the Al-Rayan hospital in Baalbek. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Apr-18/347977-man-kil...

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.