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Conflict Incident Report

Three injuries in a dispute in Antelias

Date of incident: 
April 20, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
3persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Lebanese Civilians

On 20 Apr 17, in Antelias-Matn, a personal dispute between employees from two co-sided restaurants over parking spaces escalated into the gathering of a large group of persons including Syrian nationals and evolved to an aggravated assault. Three (3) injuries were reported.

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary 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.