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Conflict Incident Report

Stabbing suspect arrested near Chtoura

Date of incident: 
August 29, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Municipal police arrested a suspect, identified as F.K., thought to have stabbed a man in Jlala, a small town outside Chtoura in Bekaa.
 
Syrian national F.K. reportedly stabbed a Lebanese national, identified as M.G., in his back with a kitchen knife Aug. 26, seriously injuring the victim’s right lung and liver. Following the assault F.K. fled the scene.
 
After monitoring the suspect a patrol unit from the Bekaa municipal police raided F.K.’s residence and arrested the suspected.
 
He was handed over to authorities in Chtoura for further investigation.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Raid
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.