A woman with a gun took out $20,000 from a Lebanese bank. During the robbery, she was broadcasting on a social network. Baza drew attention to the video of the incident.
The woman claims that she needs money for the treatment of her seriously ill sister, but the bank refused to issue a deposit due to the economic crisis. “I came not to kill and set fire, I came for my rights,” she said.
According to media reports, the woman stayed at the bank branch for about an hour, and then left with the money before the police arrived.
Since 2019, Lebanon, formerly known as the “Switzerland of the Middle East,” has plunged into one of the worst economic crises in world history since the 19th century. The crisis has led to a humanitarian catastrophe: there is almost no electricity, no gasoline, no medicines in the country.
The war between Russia and Ukraine also had a negative impact on the Lebanese food market. The Lebanese are demanding radical political changes from the state, but the authorities continue to plunder the country, and the international community can only offer economic measures of dubious effectiveness. Read more about the political situation in Lebanon here .