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Conflict Incident Report

Shooting at a Rihanieh wedding injures Syrian child

Date of incident: 
October 4, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

Open fire as an expression of joy during a wedding ceremony in the neighborhood of Rihanieh refugee camp in Akkar resulted in the wounding of a Syrian child by the name of Hassan Merhi, a resident at the camp, NNA correspondent reported on Sunday. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/50602/Shooting-at-Rihanieh-wedding-in...

Primary category: 
Personal Accident [inc. drowning, suicide...]
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.