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Conflict Incident Report

Suspicious bag spotted in Chiyyah, munitions found

Date of incident: 
July 20, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

NNA - Security forces blocked the road linking Hadi Nasrallah highway to Assaad Assaad street in Chiyyah, as a suspicious bag was found in a garbage dumb, National News Agency correspondent reported on Wednesday. 

An expert inspected the bag and found munitions on top of it. 

Primary category: 
Dismantlement of Explosives/Demining
Secondary Category: 
Military/Security Forces Deployment
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.