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Conflict Incident Report

Squabble with sticks, gunfire in Akkar outskirts on backdrop of municipal elections

Date of incident: 
July 6, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - A row erupted between different culprits who used bats and firearms in Akkar outskirts on the backdrop of municipal elections, which resulted in the destruction of a number of cars, National News Agency correspondent said on Wednesday. 
The Lebanese Armed Forces intervened and patrolled the town to restore calm, and arrested a number of suspects, the same reporter concluded. 

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Military/Security Forces Deployment
Secondary 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.