A Lebanese man holding a gun was reported to have entered one of the banks in Beirut and taken hostages at gunpoint demanding to get his money.
A man, who is yet to be identified, was caught on video entering Federal Bank in the Hamra neighborhood in Beirut banning employees and customers from leaving it on Thursday noon.
يشهد مصرف "فدرال بنك" في منطقة الحمرا, عملية احتجاز موظفين وعملاء.
— Zain Arnaout (@zain_arnaout) August 11, 2022
دخل شخص مسلّح طالب بتسليمه أمواله التي تبلع 209 آلاف دولار، وهو يحمل سلاحاً حربياً ومادة البنزين مهددا بإشعال نفسه وقتل من في الفرع, كما أشهر السلاح في وجه مدير الفرع. وحضرت القوى الأمنية#دولتنا_وصلت_الناس_لهون pic.twitter.com/mevKlKRLmg
The man was also said to carry a bottle of oil threatening to burn himself if the bank refuses to give him the money he had saved at the Federal Bank before the collapse of the economy in Lebanon.
According to social media sources, the man is said to have around $209,000 before the Lebanese bankruptcy and the deteriorating economy in the country following the Covid-19 pandemic and Beirut's port blast.
