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Wanted men arrested over shooting incident in Ain el Helweh
Date of incident:
July 21, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Two people suspected of indiscriminately firing weapons inside Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp overnight were arrested by the joint Palestinian security forces and handed over to the Lebanese Army Saturday morning.
The suspects, identified by local sources as Aadi.A. and Khaled.H., began randomly firing their weapons around midnight inside the camp, which lies near the southern city of Sidon. No inuries were reported.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
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.
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