{"id":63990,"date":"2022-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/63990\/breaking-armed-man-holds-employees-hostage-at-hamra-bank"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:00:14","slug":"breaking-armed-man-holds-employees-hostage-at-hamra-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/63990\/breaking-armed-man-holds-employees-hostage-at-hamra-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Armed Man Holds Employees Hostage At Hamra Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"An armed man is currently holding employees hostage at Federal Bank in Hamra. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2H8piilDOI\">pic.twitter.com\/2H8piilDOI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeirutCityGuide\/status\/1557654692024442880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The man is demanding to be given his money, and has reportedly fired three warning shots thus far. It is also being reported that the man has a flammable substance with him, and there are calls for firetrucks and Red Cross ambulances to head to the area. <br \/>  <br \/>  This comes on the second day that banks had reopened after being closed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/63968\"target=_new\">open-ended strike<\/a> in protest of the \u201cpopulist\u201d decisions taken against its members in Lebanese courts<br \/>  <br \/>  Security forces have not entered the building yet.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An armed man is currently holding employees hostage at Federal Bank in 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