Conflict Incident Report

Woman, 5 Children Shot and Wounded in Bekaa Family Dispute

Date of incident:

December 23, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

6persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

A woman and five of her sons and daughters were wounded Wednesday when they were attacked by relatives in the Bekaa town of Maqneh, state-run National News Agency reported.
“Ali Shaalan al-Meqdad and Ali Adnan al-Meqdad opened fire at Ramleh Hussein al-Meqdad, the wife of Sheikh Ali al-Meqdad, and her five children in the Bekaa town of Maqneh,” NNA said.
It identified the sons and daughters as Yumna, 21, Hassan, 22, Zeinab, 23, Narjes, 24, and Mohammed, 15.
The six family members were all wounded in the legs, the agency said.
It attributed the incident to a “family dispute among women.”
The two shooters have since fled to an unknown destination.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/197836-woman-5-children-shot-and-woun...

Primary category:

Brawl/Dispute

Secondary Category:

Shooting

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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Woman, 5 Children Shot and Wounded in Bekaa Family Dispute