Conflict Incident Report

Two criminal van drivers arrested in the Bekaa

Date of incident:

February 13, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Military Intelligence

Intelligence Gathering Section operatives have arrested on Saturday two van drivers suspected of forming a band of kidnapers, rapists and thieves, according to National News Agency correspondents today.
Crimes perpetrated by the said band included robbing Italian tourists at gunpoint near to Baalbeck Hotel of Palmyra, reporters said.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/56732/Two-criminal-van-drivers-arrest...

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.

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Conflict Incident Report

Two criminal van drivers arrested in the Bekaa