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Two Lebanese soldiers wounded during raid in Brital
Date of incident:
December 30, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
2persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Two Lebanese soldiers were wounded after an Army raid to arrest a suspect in Baalbeck’s Brital erupted into clashes, a statement from the Army reported Sunday.
An Army unit raided the house of a fugitive identified as Abbas Yaghi, who was wanted on drug charges.
During the raid, assailants opened fire on the troops, and ensuing clashes left two soldiers wounded, one of them critically
Primary category:
Raid
Secondary Category:
Shooting
Classification of conflict (primary):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.
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