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Conflict Incident Report

Two brothers kill man in southern coast over personal dispute

Date of incident: 
November 2, 2015
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
ISF(internal security forces)

Two Lebanese brothers killed a man during a personal dispute in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, a security source told The Daily Star.
The two brothers engaged in a verbal dispute with Kh.Kh., which later developed into an armed shooting.
The deceased man was shot in the foot and then hit by a sharp tool on the head.
He was admitted to Alaaeddine Hospital in Sarafand.
The source added that the two brothers H.Y. and M.Y. handed themselves over to a police
station in the town of Adloun in the southern district of Zahrani.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Nov-02/321222-two-bro...

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary Category: 
Shooting
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.