BEIRUT, Sept 17 — Five Lebanese banks were stormed yesterday by depositors seeking to unlock frozen savings, the latest in a string of such “heists” that have garnered wide public support in the crisis-hit country.
As the incidents snowballed yesterday, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi called an emergency meeting in the afternoon. Oueidat also asked police to investigate whether any of the heists were connected to each other, a judicial source told AFP. Accompanied by his son, he threatened bank staff with the gun, which a Lebanese television channel said may have been a toy, before making his demand.The man walked away with about US$19,000 in cash but turned himself in to police moments later as a crowd formed in front of the bank to support him.
Another man armed with a hunting rifle held up a bank in Beirut’s Ramlet el-Baida neighbourhood, witnesses told an AFP photographer at the scene. The woman identified as Sali Hafiz made off with around US$13,000 and became an instant hero on social media.
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