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Another bank held up in Lebanon despite heightened security

Two more angry Lebanese depositors have taken guns into their banks to demand their trapped savings.

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Lebanese security forces and press stand outside a branch of Credit Libanais bank held up by an angry depositor demanding access to his savings in the capital Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik on Oct. 5, 2022. — ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

Two men entered a Lebanese bank with a gun today demanding access to their savings. 

What happened: Ali al-Saheli and Ibrahim Baydoun stormed a branch of Credit Libanais in the town of Hazmieh, Mount Lebanon. Saheli, an Internal Security Forces retiree, was armed with a handgun and a Molotov cocktail. They demanded tens of thousands of dollars from their own deposits, according to Lebanese media reports. 

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