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Conflict Incident Report

Two persons shot with rubber bullets in Zaarouriyeh town

Date of incident: 
August 20, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
2persons

On 20 Aug 17, in Al Zaarouriyeh-Chouf, three (3) unidentified persons on board of a BMW vehicle fired rubber bullets towards two (2) persons. They were reported injured and transferred to a hospital.

Primary 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.