A usual day of violence against women

The phenomenon of violence is increasing in the Lebanese society especially violence targeting women, as the media reported in one day two separate crimes with women as victims. The General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces, Public Relation Division announced that on January 10, a person of Syrian nationality aged 37 years shot from an army pistol his sister-in-law aged 37 years, Syrian too, as a result of family disputes. The victims was hit in her head and lost her life. The Division was able to arrest the perpetrator in less than an hour of the incidence of the crime. Also, on the same day a young woman, Nancy N. aged 20 years, a student in the Faculty of Sciences in the Lebanese University in Fanar, was found dead, shot by a bullet, in the residence of her parents in the area of Dekwaneh in Al-Metn. According to circulating information, the girl was hit by a gunshot in the chest from a pistol that was found near her body, noting that the pistol belongs to her father, a former military in the army. According to L'Orient Le Jour newspaper, security forces initiated investigations to gain information on details of the incident and its causes; causes range from the girl committing suicide, murder, or a stray gunshot. On another note, a young woman, S.A., died after falling from the fifth floor of her residence in Bab Tabbaneh in Tripoli. Her body was transported to the "Islamic Hospital' in the city. (Al-Mustaqbal, Annahar, The Daily Star, L'Orient Le Jour, January 12, 2017)