At least five banks in Lebanon are being held by armed depositors

At least five banks in Lebanon are being held by armed depositors. The depositors are trying to get back frozen savings in the bank system. In the southern city of Gazieh a man stormed the bank and poured gasoline onto the floor, threatening to burn the branch if not granted access to his money. The man retrieved $19,200, giving it to a man waiting outside the bank before letting himself be taken by the authorities. Because of the incidents, the caretaker Interior Minister Hassan Mawlawi called for a emergency security meeting, to discuss which security measures should be taken. Since a economic crisis that began three years ago, most banks froze the savings of the population. The storming of banks in Lebanon is becoming very frequent, a similar episode happened two days ago.