Conflict Incident Report

Teen kills mother in Bekaa Valley for honor

Date of incident:

October 1, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

ISF(internal security forces)

A teenager killed his mother in the Bekaa Valley village of Taalabaya in what appears to be an honor crime, Lebanese media reported Thursday.

Abdullah Abu Eid, 17, fatally shot his mother Feryal in the head Wednesday. Media reports said that tensions between the mother and her children were brewing for years, after Feryal divorced her husband and left her children with their grandparents.
Abu Eid’s grudge toward his mother intensified in time amid rumors about his mother’s conduct. He did not take the news that his parents had reconciled a month ago well, reports said.
The father had rented a house for Feryal in Taalabaya, keeping it a secret because he knew that her life was in danger. But Abu Eid followed his father and found the house, and shot his mother in the afternoon.
Though the shooter is still at large, his father was arrested and is in police custody

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Oct-02/317337-teen-ki...

Primary category:

Murder

Secondary 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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Teen kills mother in Bekaa Valley for honor