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Conflict Incident Report
Student wounded by stray bullet
Date of incident:
August 13, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
A civil society movement member was struck by a stray bullet and severely wounded, “We Want Accountability” announced on its Facebook page.
Hanaa Hammoud, a fourth-year university physics student, was hit in the head by celebratory gunfire from a nearby wedding while on the balcony of her uncle’s house. She was taken to the Chtaura Hospital in critical condition.
The movement condemned the incident saying: “The killing and injuring of innocent civilians continued in their homes and on the streets ... when Hanaa was hit in the head by celebratory gunfire from a nearby wedding in the West Bekaa town of Hawsh Hamira.”
Primary category:
Shooting
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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