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Conflict Incident Report

Wanted Salafist Sheikh arrested at Beirut Airport

Date of incident: 
February 18, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
General Security

On 18 Feb 15, General Security officers arrested a wanted Salafist Sheikh (Bilal Deqmaq) at Rafik Hariri International Airport after his deportation from Turkey. Deqmaq was briefly detained on November 15 by Turkish authorities on charges of smuggling cash.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/167969-reports-bilal-deqmaq-deported-...

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.