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Conflict Incident Report

South Lebanon police arrest mentally ill teen who killed mother

Date of incident: 
February 7, 2017
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

SIDON, Lebanon: South Lebanon police arrested a 19-year-old who shot his mother and a policeman, a source told The Daily Star.

Aa. Aa., from the town of Shehabieh near Tyre, shot and killed his mother with a rifle before running out into the street and randomly opening fire, the source said.

An Internal Security Forces recruit, identified as H.S., was also shot in the abdomen during an attempt to arrest the suspect, the source said.

The ISF managed to disarm the teen and detained him, the source said.

The teen suffers from a mental illness, according to the source.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.