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Armed depositors hold up more banks in Lebanon over restrictions

Banks in Lebanon restrict the amount of money depositors can withdraw, which has now led to an outpouring of anger [Hassan Jarrah/AFP]

Outraged depositors, at least two of them armed, have stormed three commercial banks across Lebanon amid a wave of hold-ups triggered by a national financial meltdown.

On Tuesday morning, a Lebanese man armed with a pistol and a grenade entered the Chtaura branch of BLC Bank, demanding access to his $24,000 in savings, according to Depositors’ Outcry, a group campaigning for angry depositors.

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