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Conflict Incident Report

Suspects arrested for celebratory shooting

Date of incident: 
December 31, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

The Internal Security Forces reported five injuries from celebratory gunfire in Akkar, Bekaa, Tyre and Ouzai. The agency identified multiple shooters, one of whom was arrested. Investigations are ongoing to arrest the remaining shooters.

A 10-year-old girl who was shot in the neck by a stray bullet in Tyre was taken to a hospital and was in a stable condition.

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.