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Conflict Incident Report

Shootings in Tripoli markets as a result of a personal dispute

Date of incident: 
May 6, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

On 06 May 15, a personal dispute between two men escalated into shooting in Tripoli markets. And immediately the security forces intervened and worked on the prosecution of the shooters. There were no injuries.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/156898/

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.