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Conflict Incident Report

Syrian national stabbed Lebanese in Jlala

Date of incident: 
August 26, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Lebanese Civilians

Municipal police arrested a suspect, identified as F.K., thought to have stabbed a man in Jlala, a small town outside Chtoura in Bekaa. Syrian national F.K. reportedly stabbed a Lebanese national, identified as M.G., in his back with a kitchen knife Aug. 26, seriously injuring the victim’s right lung and liver. Following the assault F.K. fled the scene.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Assault
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.