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Conflict Incident Report

Woman and 3-month-old baby found dead in Nabatieh

Date of incident: 
January 12, 2018
Death toll: 
2persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

A woman and her 3-month-old child were found dead in south Lebanon, a security source told The Daily Star.

The woman and her baby were reportedly killed by repeated blows to the head. She has been identified as Haliba Nazer Shukr. She was a Bedouin and lived in the town of Deir Zahrani in Marjayoun. They were found near a river in the town of Bfaroueh in Nabatieh. The source said that her family filed a missing person report four days ago.

Shukr's husband, Kayed Mohammad al-Nouri, has been taken in for questioning by the southern division of the Internal Security Forces as part of the investigation into the deaths.

Primary category: 
Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]
Secondary Category: 
Murder
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.