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Conflict Incident Report

Suspect killed in police pursuit on Beirut-Sidon coastal highway

Date of incident: 
July 9, 2017
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

A Lebanese national, suspected in several cases, was killed during an Internal Security Forces’ pursuit on the old coastal highway in the town of Jadra, in Chouf district, following an exchange of gunfire.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary 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.