Video After The Jump
An armed woman walked away with more than $13,000 of her own savings from a bank in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Wednesday, after briefly holding up the branch.
A video apparently of the woman, identified as Sally Hafiz, has been uploaded to Twitter. Hafiz said she demanded the money to help pay for her sister’s cancer treatment.
Lebanon’s banks have locked most depositors out of their savings since a financial crisis took hold three years ago, leaving much of the population unable to pay for basic needs. People can withdraw up to $800 a month.
Hafiz was celebrated as a hero across social media in Lebanon, as many in the small crisis-hit country struggle to make ends meet & retrieve their savings. She encouraged others to take similar action.
Hafiz later told Al Jadeed that the gun was a toy.
“I have nothing more to lose, I got to the end of the road. I went to the branch manager 2 days ago & said my sister is dying, she doesn’t have time,” she said. “I got to a point where I was going to sell my kidney so that my sister could receive treatment."
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Source: NBC News
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