In Lebanon, a man seized a bank branch, demanding to give him a blocked deposit
The depositor threatened to set fire to the bank - and the bank employees were forced to comply with his demands.
After the 2019 crisis, Lebanese banks blocked the money of depositors in foreign currency, and people who have lost the opportunity to withdraw their "hard-earned money" sometimes go to extreme measures.
Recently, a man with his 13-year-old son broke into a branch of Al-Mawarid Bank in Antelias, a suburb of Beirut. They threw the canisters of gasoline on the floor and said they would set the branch on fire if they didn't get their money back. The most interesting thing is that he received the deposit, and left with his $15,000.
According to media reports, bank depositors are now allowed to withdraw only $400 per month in Lebanese pounds at an unfavorable exchange rate and $400 in dollars. This situation does not suit the people of Lebanon, and then similar attacks occur.
After that incident at Al-Mawarid, local media literally a day later reported on the next attempt to withdraw money from the bank. A Lebanese citizen took over a branch in the city of Shekhim, south of Beirut. The man with the grenade threatened to blow it up unless bank officials unlocked it and gave him the money from the deposit. The Lebanese had $35,000 on deposit. It is not known how this attack ended. We will not be surprised if they preferred to give the currency to this citizen. Moreover, these people do not require too much - they just want to get their deposits.
