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Conflict Incident Report

Two citizens detained after shooting in Saida

Date of incident: 
February 25, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

On 25 Feb 15, in Saida, Internal Security Forces (ISF) arrested two citizens after firing gunshots in the air. Security forces also confiscated a machine gun and a pistol from the arrested individuals.

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Primary 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.