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Conflict Incident Report

Unknown assailants toss hand grenade in Baalbeck, two wounded

Date of incident: 
November 7, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
2persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

Unidentified men aboard a car threw a hand grenade into al Solh neighborhood in Baalbeck, wounding two persons (one Lebanese woman, another Syrian) and inflicting material damage to properties and nearby cars. Instantly, an army intelligence unit arrived at said scene and cordoned off the area, launching a probe into incident. http://www.nna-

Primary category: 
Explosion
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
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.