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Conflict Incident Report

Sound grenade targets house in Akkar

Date of incident: 
September 23, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

Unknown persons threw a sound grenade at dawn today at the home of Jihad Mahmoud Abbas in the town of Daghleh in Akkar which caused material damage, according to the NNA correspondent.

Elements of the criminal evidence department and security services opened an investigation into the incident to identity the perpetrators.

In protest against the incident, municipality heads of the region issued a statement whereby they condemned this act "which aims at sowing strife among the sons of one country."

Conferees highlighted national unity and assured that the sons of Akkar are brothers. They also reiterated their clinging to the state and its legitimate security and military institutions.
http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/33697/Sound-grenade-targets-house...

Primary category: 
Explosion
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.