Conflict Incident Report

Teen Kills 9-Year-Old Boy in Bshamoun

Date of incident:

July 4, 2015

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

ISF(internal security forces)

The Internal Security Forces said Saturday that police arrested a 14-year-old for killing a boy in the Mount Lebanon town of Bshamoun.
The suspect admitted to killing the boy by striking him with a wooden board on his head, said the communique.
According to police, Aa. Aa. murdered al-Assi for threatening to tell his mother that he was sexually harassing him.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/183886-teen-kills-9-year-old-boy-in-b...

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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Conflict Incident Report

Teen Kills 9-Year-Old Boy in Bshamoun