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Conflict Incident Report
South Lebanon man kills wife, daughter before committing suicide
Date of incident:
May 25, 2017
Death toll:
3persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
A south Lebanon man shot dead his wife and daughter before turning the weapon on himself overnight, a source told The Daily Star. S.Sh. killed his wife M.Sh. and 15-year-old daughter, before killing himself in the southern town of Jannata, east of the southern city of Tyre, the source said. The motives for the killings remain unknown. The Internal Security Forces rushed to the crime scene to investigate. The three bodies were taken to a nearby hospital for forensics to inspect.
Primary category:
Murder
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.
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