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Conflict Incident Report

Two wounded in gunfire in Tripoli

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
September 9, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
2persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

A personal clash occurred in Tripoli and developed into shooting and tossing a hand grenade. Lebanese Abdulrahman Nasser and Syrian Zakariyya Mallah were wounded and transported to the Islamic hospital. Security forces arrived at the scene and began investigations. http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/32933/Two-wounded-in-gunfire-in-T...

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary Category: 
Explosion
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.