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BEIRUT - Bystanders hailed as a hero an armed customer who held bank staff hostage for hours Thursday in Lebanon because he couldn't access funds frozen after the country's economic collapse.
Armed client holds Lebanon bank staff hostage to access savings
An armed customer who threatened to set himself on fire held bank employees hostage in the Lebanese capital throughout the day Thursday and demanded that his
Bystanders hailed as a hero an armed customer who held bank staff hostage for hours Thursday in Lebanon because he couldn't access funds frozen after the country's economic collapse.The suspect, identified only as Bassam, was armed with a rifle and had doused the interior of the bank with gasoline, security sources said.But after eight hours the standoff ended peacefully."Bassam you are a hero!" cheering bystanders chanted outside the bank.
The deadly port blast, the triple-digit inflation, the energy shortages — Lebanon’s many crises have a shared root: misrule by a self-dealing elite.