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Woman storms Lebanese bank demanding her own funds
CGTN
01:36

See eyewitness video from news station Al Jadeed of a Lebanese woman, who appears to be armed, storming Blom Bank in Beirut on Wednesday with her associates to demand her own money. 

Lebanon’s banks have locked the accounts of most depositors due to the ongoing financial crisis, leaving the majority of the population unable to access their funds to pay for basic needs. 

In August, a man entered another bank branch in Lebanon with a shot gun and can of gasoline, threatening to harm himself unless he was given his money.

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