Conflict Incident Report

Woman raped and physically assaulted

Date of incident:

December 10, 2018

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

The Internal Security Forces has arrested a man suspected of raping a woman after she arrived at Mreijeh police station in a state of distress, an ISF statement reported Wednesday.

The woman, born in 1996, told officers that on the night of Dec. 10, a man she identified as R. raped her and abandoned her in a mountainous area she did not recognize, after he had said he would drive her to her home in Hay al-Sellom.

A doctor then examined the woman and confirmed she had been raped and physically assaulted.

After investigations, the Mreijeh police identified the culprit as Lebanese national R.Q., born 1992, and arrested him.

The suspect admitted to the crime and was referred to the judicial police in the ISF’s Anti-Human Trafficking and Morals Protection Bureau for further investigation.

Source Link:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2018/Dec-12/471624-…

Primary category:

Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]

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 raped and physically assaulted

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