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wanted for providing individuals with hand grenades arrested

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
June 3, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

On 03 June 15,in Al Minieh-Tripoli, a Lebanese army unit managed to apprehend a person, wanted for providing individuals with hand grenades with a view of attacking the army. Eight hand grenades and other munitions were seized inside his house. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/44974/Army-wanted-for-providing-indiv...

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.