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Stepdad arrested for murdering 2 years old daughter
Date of incident:
February 23, 2016
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees
A 24-year-old stepdad was detained along with his Syrian wife on suspicion of murdering her two-year-old toddler in the southern port city of Sidon, Internal Security Forces announced overnight. ISF said in a statement that Youssef A., a Syrian child, was brutally beaten by his Palestinian stepdad, Y.M., and then buried in a cemetery in the town of Ghazieh. ISF's Information Branch accompanied by Maghdoushe police later arrested the 28-year-old mother, a Syrian national identified by her initials N.Q., on suspicion of murder. No further details were given, but an investigation is underway to unveil the circumstances of the alleged crime.
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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