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Conflict Incident Report
Suspected thieves arrested
Date of incident:
July 18, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
The Internal Security Forces Wednesday arrested two suspected thieves in the Beirut suburb of Jnah, an ISF statement said.
The suspects, identified as Lebanese M.KH., born in 1997 and Syrian Aa.Sh., born in 1999, were arrested after allegedly perpetrating several robberies across Beirut and Mount Lebanon, the most recent of which targeted bakeries in Dikwaneh in Metn.
The ISF seized a large number of items stolen by the suspects, who reportedly admitted to carrying out several robberies at night by breaking and entering.
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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