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| Lebanon financial crisis: The people robbing banks to get their own money | Lebanon financial crisis: The people robbing banks to get their own money |
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| A Lebanese Member of Parliament has held a sit-in to demand money from her frozen account. | A Lebanese Member of Parliament has held a sit-in to demand money from her frozen account. |
| Her action comes after more than a dozen people have raided banks to get access to their own cash. | Her action comes after more than a dozen people have raided banks to get access to their own cash. |
| Lebanon is facing a devastating financial crisis and banks have enforced tight withdrawal restrictions. | Lebanon is facing a devastating financial crisis and banks have enforced tight withdrawal restrictions. |
| Many Lebanese have hailed these cases as folk heroes - but the interior ministry has condemned the attacks saying citizens should not take the law into their own hands. | Many Lebanese have hailed these cases as folk heroes - but the interior ministry has condemned the attacks saying citizens should not take the law into their own hands. |
| The BBC's Rachael Thorn has spoken to one woman who used a toy gun to take out $13,000 of her family’s money. | |
| Producer: Ghassan Ibraheem | Producer: Ghassan Ibraheem |
| Filming: Rachael Thorn and Lee Durant | Filming: Rachael Thorn and Lee Durant |