Armed woman breaks into Beirut bank demanding her savings

A brief hostage situation has taken place at a bank in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, when a woman and her associates took hostages at gunpoint to demand her frozen deposits and pay for her ill sister’s medical treatment, local media have reported.
According to local sources, the woman managed to withdraw more than $13,000 in cash from her own account in Wednesday’s incident.
Lebanon's banks have locked most depositors out of their savings since a financial crisis took hold three years ago, leaving much of the population unable to pay for basic needs, and the government has so far failed to address the crisis.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr joins us from Beirut for the latest updates.


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[AlexanderTheGrapes]

I mean, can't be too mad at her. It's not like she robbed the bank...she just wanted what was hers 👀

[shanthakumar]

When banks act too smart this is the way to take them for ransom, superb lady of Beirut

[deranjang]

Its the other way the bank rob her, she just want it back.

[Shivam-]

She wants to protect her savings for her family
. Please understand her emotions and love for her family.😔

[aishaalam]

Bank robbed her, she collected her funds

[e.sanoop]

Desperate times, desperate measures. It's ridiculous if the people can't access their own savings. If the banks don't have enough cash balance at all times, then the public will lose trust in them.

[StephanosBistro]

I love it way to go girl
if this is the only way to get to your saving money out of the lebanese Banks then everybody should the same more power to you!!!

[pemfimrs]

Ha ha good for them. I don’t keep my money in the bank, very little

[lukeisagiantsfan]

After the high-profile case of the man who robbed a bank to access his own funds so he could pay for his dad’s operation, it was only a matter of time before a copycat emerged.

[dontcare]

She is a Hero. Unbelievable how brave she is. Good luck

[ninobelov]

The same thing was done in Greece in 2008 and in Cyprus in 2013 but it was much worse.

[ricopaletti]

Buy gold and keep on before your money goes on far away for ever.

[elkillerx]

This is a preview of what can happen in the US if we continue at this rate of inflation

[ConceptQuad]

At least she could do this, people wanna take heed because all banks will...therefore start removing your money now

[navajyotichetia]

Lebanon is the textbook example of the maximum individual and collective productive capacity of the people in money terms when their money reflects a true money value and not a Ponzi scheme of circulation of corporate growth of the leading country/countries of a common currency and political grouping of countries- through the vehicle of their common currency

[kennysmith]

Gangster... Tell her come to murrika I'll marry her for her citizenship...

[inariYeanery]

*_~Unwelcome School BGM starting~_*
Poorly Lebanese government and poorly bank management made the woman become *'Sunaookumi Shiroko'* for robbbed her savings.

[frankschest]

Lebanon is heavily sanctioned which makes life so hard. People there are really kind and loving.
Al Jazeera = propagnda.

[ramatgan]

Lebanon is bankrupt and has no resources.
The country is finished.
Forget about Lebanon.

[nobs]

Hollywood is watching closely, JOHN Q part 2 may be coming soon