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Conflict Incident Report

Two injured in shooting incident after driving dispute

Date of incident: 
June 3, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
2persons

A man opened fire at a car following a personal dispute, injuring two in north Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. Upon reaching a cross section, two men identified as Aa.W and Aa.A got into an argument about whose car would pass first, which led the former to shoot at the other car.

Aa.A and his mother, D.H both sustained injuries in their legs. They were rushed to the Dinnieh Government Hospital to be treated. The Internal Security Forces arrived at the crime scene for investigations into the incident.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.