Two arrested after trying to escape Army raid in Bekaa's Hor Tala

The Army arrested M.H. al-Masri and his brother, identified as H. al-Masri, and confiscated their weapons, after they fired on the Army to make their escape, following an Army raid in a Bekaa town. The raid resulted into an exchange of fire between Army personnel and the wanted men they were searching for, local TV station LBCI reported.

Date:

Friday, May 18, 2018

Acting bodies/ State apparatuses:

Lebanese Armed Forces

Method:

Hard power (repressive/violent response)

Objective:

Defensive

Types of response:

Arrests

Justification of response:

Criminality and law infringement (murder. shooting, robbery…)