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Conflict Incident Report

Two women, one child kidnapped in Tripoli

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
November 24, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

Masked militants driving a Mercedes 300 abducted two women and a child from one of the regions of the northern city of Tripoli and made their escape towards Beirut's main highway. http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/36781/Two-women-one-child-kidnapp...

Primary category: 
Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]
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.