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Conflict Incident Report

Suspect killed in State Security raid in Akkar

Date of incident: 
December 11, 2018
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
State Security

State Security forces raided the house of a wanted suspect in the Akkar town of Wadi Khaled late Tuesday night, which resulted in clashes that left the suspect killed.

The suspect, identified as M.A.Kh., wanted for several offenses, exchanged fire with the patrol that raided his house.
 

Primary category: 
Raid
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.