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Conflict Incident Report

Two men arrested for beating a man to death in Zahle

Date of incident: 
August 17, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
ISF Intelligence Branch

A man, Khabir, was beaten to death following a car crash in west Bekaa’s Zahle.

Khabir’s body was then transferred to a local hospital where the cause of death was determined to be heart failure due to blunt force trauma.

The Information Division of the Internal Security Forces arrested the two suspects, who later confessed to the crime.

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