Conflict Incident Report

Sit-ins in Nabatiyeh against celebratory gunfire

Date of incident:

June 5, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

NNA - Sit-ins and spontaneous gatherings against celebratory firing into the air have been widspread in South Lebanon's largest town of Nabatiyyeh and other villages, NNA field reporters said today.
Calling for an "immediate cease - fire," civil society bodies, boys scout organizations and local business communities spokesperson by Jihad Jaber stressed need for "saving ammunition for the Zionist - NOSRA/ISIL enemy rather than killing innocent people by stray bullets."

The village of Kfar - Rumman for its part, has witnessed similar civil society agitation against arbitrary firing into the air, with unfurled slogans calling for observing an "immediate cease - fire", the same reporters concluded.

Source Link:

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/63634/Nabatiyyeh-anti-firing-i…

Primary category:

Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]

Classification of conflict (primary):

Policy conflicts

Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.

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Sit-ins in Nabatiyeh against celebratory gunfire