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Protesters in Lebanon vandalise banks, demand their money back

A protester holds the Lebanese flag, as he shouts slogans outside Bank Audi during a protest demanding the release of depositors' trapped savings, in Beirut, Lebanon [Hussein Malla/AP]

Protesters in Lebanon have attacked several bank buildings, set tyres alight and smashed windows to demand their money back.

The angry demonstrations took place on Thursday in a suburb outside the capital, Beirut, and targeted the branches of Bank Audi, Bank of Beirut and Byblos Bank in Sin el-Fil in Mount Lebanon Governorate.

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