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Conflict Incident Report

Two injured in Ain el Helweh gunfight

Date of incident: 
July 3, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
2persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

One man and his wife from the family of "Al-Afandi" have been injured in a personal gunfight that erupted in al-Zeeb neighborhood in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, NNA reporter said.

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.