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Reports from Lebanon on Friday, September 16, suggest that multiple banks have been broken into and hostages have been taken.
“During the last 72 hours four depositors stormed #banks to retrieve their funds, the latest of which was #AbedSoubra in #TariqElJdideh’s #BLOMBank. Security forces have surrounded the bank, although he does not yet appear to be armed,” one person wrote on Twitter.
“[Update] #AbedSoubra says he is not leaving the #bank before receiving his full deposit. The bank’s management has not been responsive so far.”
“[Update] Depositor #AbedSoubra from #BLOMBank: I have a gun around my waist, which I always carry, and I haven’t taken it out even though the bank brought in armed men.”
[Happening now] During the last 72 hours four depositors stormed #banks to retrieve their funds, the latest of which was #AbedSoubra in #TariqElJdideh’s #BLOMBank. Security forces have surrounded the bank, although he does not yet appear to be armed. — Megaphone (@megaphone_news) September 16, 2022
[Happening now] During the last 72 hours four depositors stormed #banks to retrieve their funds, the latest of which was #AbedSoubra in #TariqElJdideh’s #BLOMBank. Security forces have surrounded the bank, although he does not yet appear to be armed.
— Megaphone (@megaphone_news) September 16, 2022
Another person wrote: “Bank Byblos ALGhazieh Hostage Situation Now.”
GOOD MORNING LEBANON Bank Byblos ALGhazieh Hostage Situation Now#Lebanon pic.twitter.com/ZfcVNromjm — ₿ ܡܐܪܝܘ🇱🇧🇬🇧🇦🇪 (@MarioLeb79) September 16, 2022
GOOD MORNING LEBANON Bank Byblos ALGhazieh Hostage Situation Now#Lebanon pic.twitter.com/ZfcVNromjm
— ₿ ܡܐܪܝܘ🇱🇧🇬🇧🇦🇪 (@MarioLeb79) September 16, 2022
While another person said: “🚨 Urgent/ An armed citizen storms the Lebanon and Gulf Bank in Ramlet Al-Baida, demanding to get his deposit.”
🚨عاجل/ مواطن مسلح يقتحم بنك لبنان والخليج في الرملة البيضاء مطالبا بالحصول على وديعته — موقع Now Lebanon 🇱🇧 (@NowLebanon3) September 16, 2022
🚨عاجل/ مواطن مسلح يقتحم بنك لبنان والخليج في الرملة البيضاء مطالبا بالحصول على وديعته
— موقع Now Lebanon 🇱🇧 (@NowLebanon3) September 16, 2022
Video footage reportedly shows the event.
“Breaks into BLOM BANK in Beirut – Tariq Jdeideh, and demands a large amount of its deposit
https://twitter.com/lebanon009613/status/1570707577805361152?s=21&t=DCHCe4qZBKz-DcK_IQcOTg
As noted, multiple banks have been hit in the last 72 hours.
Arabnews.com noted that some of the bank robbers managed to grab their “own deposits” by threatening employees with weapons or “burning themselves and the premises with gasoline.”
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