BEIRUT: Protesters vandalized the facades of several banks and set tires alight in a suburb about 8 km east of Beirut on Thursday, frustrated at being denied access to their money. The attacks targeted branches of Bank Audi, Bank of Beirut and Byblos Bank in Sin El-Fil in Mount Lebanon Governorate. Soldiers and internal security forces were deployed at several banks in Beirut
My Money or Your Life: The Bank Robbers of Beirut. Lebanese banks won’t let their customers withdraw cash. Now enraged depositors are reaching for their guns On August 11th an unemployed 42-year-old grabbed his shotgun and a large jerry can of petrol.
In a statement published after multiple banks' raids, the Depositors Association in Lebanon called to form a crisis cell to solve the deposits file as soon as possible and without delay because any delay will result in repeated confrontations with each accused of stealing deposits of residents and expatriates.