{"id":63994,"date":"2022-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/63994\/hostage-update-depositors-protest-in-solidarity-with-armed-man"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:05:30","slug":"hostage-update-depositors-protest-in-solidarity-with-armed-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/63994\/hostage-update-depositors-protest-in-solidarity-with-armed-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostage Update: Depositors Protest in Solidarity with Armed Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/63990\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">An armed man has been holding people hostage at Federal Bank in Hamra<\/a> since approximately 12:00 PM today . <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062f\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0644\u062d \u0645\u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0634\u0641\u0649 \u0648\u064a\u062d\u062a\u0627\u062c \u0639\u0644\u0627\u062c\u064b\u0627 \u0628\u0642\u064a\u0645\u0629 \u0665\u0660 \u0623\u0644\u0641 \u062f\u0648\u0644\u0627\u0631<\/p>\u2014 \u062c\u0645\u0639\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062f\u0639\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a\u064a\u0646 (@Lebdepositors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lebdepositors\/status\/1557666349631037440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nna-leb.gov.lb\/ar\/justice-law\/556979\/%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B9-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84-%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">NNA<\/a> , the man is said to be in possession of gasoline in addition to his weapon. He has threatened to burn himself and shoot the bank&#8217;s employees, and is demanding that he be handed over his deposits, estimated to be up to $210,000.<br \/>  <br \/>  The 42 year old man, who\u2019s brother is also said to have $500,000 stuck in the bank, has justified his actions by explaining that his father is in the hospital and in need of $50,000 worth of treatment. <br \/>  <br \/>  The President of the Lebanese Depositors Association, Hassan Moghnieh entered the bank to negotiate with the depositor, but no agreement to free the hostages was reached. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/today.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1308257\/armed-man-holding-employees-and-citizens-hostage-in-hamras-federal-bank.html\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">L\u2019Orient Today<\/a>, Moghnieh had stated during an interview with Al-Jadeed on Thursday that \u201cwhat was taken by force can only be taken by force.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0639\u0634\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062f\u0639\u064a\u0646 \u064a\u0635\u0644\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062d\u064a\u0637 \u0628\u0646\u0643 \u0641\u062f\u0631\u0627\u0644 \u0644\u0644\u062a\u0636\u0627\u0645\u0646 \u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062f\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f \u062f\u0627\u062e\u0644\u0647<\/p>\u2014 \u062c\u0645\u0639\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062f\u0639\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a\u064a\u0646 (@Lebdepositors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lebdepositors\/status\/1557676911018627073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The man\u2019s brother stated that he would hand himself over to the authorities once he receives his deposits. Security forces, including the military and security forces\u2019 intelligence branches are said to be on the scene.<br \/>  <br \/>  Depositors went down to Federal Bank in Hamra to protest in solidarity with the man inside the bank. <br \/>  <br \/>  Hassan Moghnieh has declared that he has been commissioned by the hostage taker to go to the headquarters of the Lebanese Association of Banks and Federal Bank and negotiate on his behalf. Adding that the depositor is ready to take unimaginable steps if he doesn\u2019t receive his deposits.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An armed man has been holding people hostage at Federal Bank in Hamra since approximately 12:00 PM today .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":426749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"_lftp_listicle_injection":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-63994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[153],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hostage Update: Depositors Protest in Solidarity with Armed Man<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An armed man 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