Two people held up Lebanese banks on Wednesday to access their own accounts, which were frozen during the country's financial crisis. One of the suspects told local media that the gun used was actually a toy and that she needed the money for her sister's cancer treatment. Last month a man held up a Beirut bank to withdraw funds to treat his sick father.
Two seemingly armed and desperate Lebanese depositors held up banks on Wednesday to force access to their own money, which has been blocked during a national financial meltdown.
