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Conflict Incident Report

Two persons wounded in gunfire in Baalbek

Date of incident: 
August 4, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
2persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - Two citizens named Hassan Fouad Wehbe and Haidar Mohammed Othman got wounded when a person of Zoayter family opened fire in front of Hallani Patisserie in Baalbek, NNA reporter said on Thursday. 
Instantly, security forces arrived at said scene and opened a probe into incident. 
The two wounded persons were transferred to a local hospital for treatment. 

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.