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Conflict Incident Report

Two armed persons robb 'Credit Libanais' Bank in Bouj Hammoud

Date of incident: 
April 16, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

On 14 Apr 16, two armed persons stole "Credit Libanais" Bank branch in Bourj Hammoud at gunpoint. The two armed persons wearing black jackets and black eye glasses entered the Bank, threatened the employees and asked them to collect the money and put it in a bag; then they took the bag and ran away to ride a small motorcycle which they had parked 10 meters away from the Bank.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/59962/Two-armed-persons-steel-39-Cred...

Primary 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.