{"id":64023,"date":"2022-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/64023\/man-who-held-bank-hostage-vows-to-do-it-again"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:01:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:01:32","slug":"man-who-held-bank-hostage-vows-to-do-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/64023\/man-who-held-bank-hostage-vows-to-do-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Who Held Bank Hostage Vows To Do It Again"},"content":{"rendered":"Bassam al Sheikh Hussein, the man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/63990) \"target=_new\">held a Federal Bank branch hostage<\/a> last Thursday, August 11, has vowed that he would do it all again if Federal Bank do not give him the rest of his deposits<br \/>  <br \/>  He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/64011\"target=_new\">released on Tuesday by Lebanon\u2019s public prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat<\/a> after Federal Bank dropped charges against him.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gFHMd9LrGO\">pic.twitter.com\/gFHMd9LrGO<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Legal Agenda (@Legal_Agenda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Legal_Agenda\/status\/1560228619414343682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  In a press conference today, Hussein stated that he had agreed with Federal Bank that they would pay him $35,000 up front and then $400 daily to end the hostage crisis. He had also agreed that he would go straight home after but was detained for 4 days by security forces. <br \/>  <br \/>  Hussein, alongside depositor advocacy groups, aims to fight till the rest of his money is freed and is currently still in negotiations with the bank. Hussein is not the first to resort to violence for his deposits, following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/63028\"target=_new\">man in Jeb Jnin earlier this year<\/a>. Tensions between depositors and banks are expected to continue to escalate.    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"186\" data-id=\"426671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64023-2-250x186.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-426671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64023-2-250x186.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64023-2-600x448.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64023-2-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64023-2.png 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure>    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bassam al Sheikh Hussein, the man who released on Tuesday by 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