Lebanon will hijack banks, take hostages after the authorities froze accounts in the midst of the financial crisis
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The parade of the Lebanese “bank hijacking” – September 15 BBC Report of the bizarre Beirut incident Lebanon After a young woman invaded the Bank Blom Sodico Ramo e take hostage On Wednesday, September 14, it took an hour to withdraw $ 13,000, or nearly 478,000 baht, from a family member’s bank account that had been frozen. because he wants to use the money to pay for the treatment of his sister with cancer
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During the incident, a young woman streamed live through an online network. Claiming that her name was Sally Hafez, she invaded the bank because her sister was dying. She wouldn’t kill anyone. I just want to use the rights I have.
Local media said the woman and her accomplices fled through a window behind the bank. before the arrival of the security forces. And there are no reports of arrest or not.
It took place at the BLOM Bank in Beirut.
The situation appears to have ended with no injuries / arrests reported so far. pic.twitter.com/re8uGaqQXp
– Timour Azhari (@timourazari) September 14, 2022
The same day also happened in the central city of Alay, after a man took hostages in a bank to withdraw about $ 1.1 million from his own account that had been seized by the authorities. but he was later arrested by the police
There have been several bank robberies in Lebanon in recent weeks. After the economic crisis it continued to collapse. As a result, 80 percent of the population is starving. And authorities have limited bank withdrawals since 2019.
However, in August Judge Sa Lebanon released a seven-hour man who had held a bank hostage in Beirut, trying to withdraw nearly $ 1.3 million to pay for his father’s medical bills.
#Break – A new hostage situation at a Lebanese bank, where an armed depositary entered with the support of the Depositors Outcry association, kept employees at gunpoint, and has since left with around $ 13,000 rumored to be for treatment of his sister’s cancer. pic.twitter.com/RA4cnSvVaD
– Timour Azhari (@timourazari) September 14, 2022