Conflict Incident Report

Teen resisting Jbeil robbery shot in the leg

Date of incident:

July 8, 2015

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

0persons

An 18-year-old boy was shot in the leg overnight as he resisted armed robbers in Jbeil, north of Beirut, the National News Agency said Wednesday.
Four men in a white van approached a construction site near United Gas Station in the Jbeil town of Shamat shortly before midnight in an attempt to steal drilling equipment, the NNA said.He was taken to a local hospital.
The NNA said the robbers fled on foot toward the woods.
Police arrived promptly and have begun searching for the robbers.

https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Jul-08/305682-teen-r...

Primary category:

Shooting

Secondary Category:

Robbery/Trespassing

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 resisting Jbeil robbery shot in the leg