Published 2 years ago

Armed man demanding savings holds Beirut bank staff hostage

Summary by Ground News

The man entered the bank in the Hamra neighborhood in west Beirut with a firearm and flammable material. He demanded access to around $200,000 he had in his bank account, and when the employee refused, he began screaming that his relatives were in the hospital. The bank agreed to give him $30,000.

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Times of India

Armed man demanding savings takes Beirut bank staff hostage; many hail him as hero

Middle East News: BEIRUT: A Lebanese man with a shotgun took up to 10 employees and customers hostage at a Beirut bank Thursday and threatened to set himself on fire wi.

2 years ago·India

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BBC News

Gunman hailed hero for holding up bank over savings

The suspect demanded the Lebanon bank release his money, in anger at rules on withdrawals.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Man who took hostages in Beirut bank siege emerges as unlikely hero

Public rallies around gunman who surrendered after bank agreed to give him funds for father’s medical bills

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Armed man demanding savings takes Beirut bank staff hostage

A Lebanese man with a shotgun and a gasoline canister took up to 10 people hostage at a Beirut bank Thursday and threatened to set himself on fire unless he was allowed to withdraw his trapped savings to pay his father's medical bills, authorities said.

2 years ago·Canada

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The Independent

Gunman who held up Lebanon bank to withdraw own money arrested as siege ends

The armed man’s wife supported her husband’s actions, claiming he ‘did what he had to do’

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Armed man demanding frozen deposits takes hostages at Lebanese commercial bank

An armed man demanding deposits frozen by his bank took five branch employees and one customer hostage on Thursday at the Federal Bank of Lebanon, branch manager Hassan Halawi, who is among those being held, told Reuters.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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