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Conflict Incident Report

Shooting in Zahle

Date of incident: 
November 23, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
ISF(internal security forces)

On 23 Nov 15, in Zahle, a Lebanese national (Georges Chafick Abdel Sater) shot to death his wife and uncle due to a family dispute. He was arrested later on at Dahr El Baydar ISF checkpoint.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/192566/

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary Category: 
Murder
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.