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South Lebanon police arrest teen in Nabatieh over celebratory gunfire
Date of incident:
July 2, 2017
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
After police made a score of arrests for celebratory gunfire following last week’s Grade 9 Brevet exam, South Lebanon Police arrested a suspect in Nabatieh district suspected of shooting in the air, state media reported.
A unit from Jbaa police station apprehended a Lebanese teen, identified by the initials H. Gh., from the nearby town of Roumin, for firing in the air to celebrate his sister having passed her school exams, the state-run National News Agency said.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
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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