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Conflict Incident Report

Shooting in Saida

Date of incident: 
January 5, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

On 05 Jan 16, the Lebanese Army arrested two people involved in a south Lebanon gun fight after they engaged in a dispute in Saida’s Zaroub al-Najasa neighborhood, which left a nearby mini-market slightly damaged. No injuries were reported.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.