Lebanon banks in tatters after angry night-time demos – Saudi Gazette

Lebanon banks in tatters after angry night-time demos – Saudi Gazette

A Lebanese protester smashes the window of a bank in the capital Beirut, as demonstrators demand an end to a months-long political vacuum, with police firing tear gas at the start of a "week of wrath" -AFP. The Red Cross said on Wednesday that at least 37 people were injured in an overnight showdown during which protesters smashed windows of banks and scuffled with security forces in the capital's Hamra commercial district.. In other areas of Beirut, demonstrators blocked a key flyover and gathered outside a police station where demonstrators have been detained, under the watchful eye of security forces.. Banks have since September arbitrarily capped the amount of dollars customers can withdraw or transfer abroad, in a country where the greenback and the Lebanese pound are used interchangeably.. Showing no sign of backing down, demonstrators called for another demonstration outside Lebanon's central bank building later Wednesday..