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A group of depositors, at least one of whom is armed, took hostages at Blom bank in central Beirut on Wednesday, a security source said.
It is the second hostage situation at a bank in recent weeks in Lebanon, where a devastating financial crisis has locked most people out of their bank accounts.
Last month, an armed man held employees and customers hostage at a bank on Beirut's bustling Hamra street demanding his frozen funds be released. After an hours-long standoff, the man surrendered to security forces after receiving a portion of his bank account. The man was promised $30,000 out of the $210,000 in his frozen bank account as part of the terms of his surrender.
