Conflict Incident Report

Stepdad murders 2-year-old child in south Lebanon

Date of incident:

February 23, 2016

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Syrian Civilians/Refugees

Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

ISF(internal security forces)

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. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Feb-24/338958-stepdad...

Primary category:

Murder

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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Stepdad murders 2-year-old child in south Lebanon

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