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Conflict Incident Report

Unknown assailants stab Sidon man

Date of incident: 
May 13, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Unknown assailants in the southern city of Sidon stabbed a 23-year-old man, a source told The Daily Star. Mohammad al-Bilani was attacked in the city’s Al-Sabbagh neighborhood and was taken to the Hammoud Hospital for the treatment of his severe injuries. Police opened an investigation but no suspects have been arrested so far.

Primary category: 
Assault
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.