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A woman held staff hostage at a bank in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, demanding they let her withdraw frozen savings to pay for her sister’s medical bills.
She left the bank after reportedly being given the money through it was not clear if she has been arrested.
Later, a man held up a bank in Aley in a similar attempt to get his savings.
They were the latest such incidents in weeks, as anger boils over among Lebanese at restrictions imposed because of an economic crisis.
Withdrawals of hard currency have been limited for most people since 2019, when the value of the Lebanese pound plummeted and inflation soared. END