Amid ongoing banking and financial crisis in Lebanon, a man in Beirut stormed a bank and held the branch manager hostage to get his entire savings, a sum of USD 6,500. The accused has been identified as Omar Al-Awar. Omar stormed BML Bank and held manager Jad Bou Chedid as hostage, demanding release of his deposits. "I am not a panhandler, this is my money and I want it," he reportedly said in a video recorded by him during the incident. He reportedly released the manager after receiving his entire savings. Lebanon: Armed Depositors Hold Up Blom Bank and Take Hostages To Withdraw Savings, Watch Video.

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