Another bank held up in Lebanon despite heightened security

Another bank held up in Lebanon despite heightened security

Two more angry Lebanese depositors have taken guns into their banks to demand their trapped savings.













Lebanese security forces and press stand outside a branch of Credit Libanais bank held up by an angry depositor demanding access to his savings in the capital Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik on Oct. 5, 2022. - ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images























November 2, 2022









Two men entered a Lebanese bank with a gun today demanding access to their savings. 

What happened: Ali al-Saheli and Ibrahim Baydoun stormed a branch of Credit Libanais in the town of Hazmieh, Mount Lebanon. Saheli, an Internal Security Forces retiree, was armed with a handgun and a Molotov cocktail. They demanded tens of thousands of dollars from their own deposits, according to Lebanese media reports. 

Saheli reportedly held up a bank in October as well and was arrested and released. 

Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported that the men made off with $50,000. 

A video posted by the Association of Depositors in Lebanon showed Saheli threatening to hurt people in the bank while holding the gun. The association advocates