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Conflict Incident Report

Syrian woman was shot in Riaq

Date of incident: 
May 11, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

Members of the civil defense have admitted to hospital a 27-year-old Syrian woman residing in Riaq after gunshot wounds she received at her home. The woman's condition appears to be critical.

Primary category: 
Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]
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.