An unarmed man stormed a bank in Beirut

 

On Monday the depositor entered the Blom Bank branch in Haret Hreik, a southern suburb of Beirut, with three accomplices.

Lebanon’s reported that four people “stormed” the bank. The Association of Depositors in Lebanon said the group was able to escape before the army arrived at the scene. 

The closures came “after the repeated attacks on banks and the physical assaults on bank employees and their dignity”, the Association of Banks in Lebanon said.

Banks imposed informal capital controls in 2019, severely restricting access to hard currency and compounding the economic difficulties faced by people in Lebanon.