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Lebanon to shut banks after string of raids by people taking out life savings

The break-ins reflect public anger at the banks’ strict controls on cash withdrawals, as a result of the financial crisis

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2022

Lebanese depositors storm banks amid historic economic crisis

Lebanese depositors, including one armed with a hunting rifle, broke into at least four banks Friday to demand their trapped savings, a sign of growing chaos in the small Mediterranean nation amid a historic economic meltdown.

France 24 · Sep 16, 2022

Depositors storm four banks as Lebanon's cash crisis worsens

Lebanese depositors have stormed at least four banks to demand their trapped savings, signaling growing chaos amid the country's economic meltdown

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022