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Conflict Incident Report

Two prisoners wounded while attempting escape in Zahle

Date of incident: 
January 7, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
2persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Two inmates identified as Ismail Shoukeir and Hamza Rajeh Jaafar were wounded as they attempted to escape from a prisoner transport vehicle on Fayyada-Zahle road.

The inmates were taken to hospital for treatment.

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