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Conflict Incident Report
Woman shot dead by 4-year-old son
Date of incident:
September 18, 2017
Death toll:
1 person
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
On the 18th of September, a Lebanese woman died after being shot accidentally by her four-year-old son.
The woman, identified as M.H.H., from the town of Kafra in the district of Bint Jbeil, died after her child pressed the trigger of a hunting rifle, hitting his mother in the stomach. The woman was rushed to Tebnin Government Hospital but died as a result of her wounds.
The family owned the gun in order to hunt wild boar.
Primary 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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