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Beirut:A Lebanese man armed with a shotgun broke into a Beirut bank on Thursday, holding employeeshostageand threatening to set himself ablaze with ga...

The hostage drama in Beiruts bustling Hamra district is the latest painful episode in Lebanons economic f...

A hostage standoff in which a gunman demanded a Beirut bank let him withdraw his trapped savings so that he could pay his fathers medical bills ended seven hours later with the mans surrender Thursday. No injuries were reported.

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The gunman has threatened to set himself ablaze and has fired three warning shots at the Federal Bank in Beirut, where withdrawal limits are in place due to the dire economic situation.

A hostage standoff in which a gunman demanded a Beirut bank let him withdraw his trapped savings so that he could pay his fathers medical bills ended seven hours later with the mans surrender Thursday. No injuries were reported.

Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein agrees to surrender in exchange for bank giving $35,000 of his own money to his brother, in the latest painful episode in Lebanon’s economic free-fall

A hostage standoff in which a gunman demanded a Beirut bank let him withdraw his trapped savings has ended with the mans surrender, and the bank handing over a reported $35,000 to his brother

Authorities in Lebanon say a man with a shotgun has taken employees and customers hostage at a Beirut bank and threatened to set himself on fire with gasoline unless he receives his trapped savings

The armed man is threatening to set himself ablaze unless the bank releases his money, which local media says he needs in order to pay his hospitalized father's medical bills