A HEART-BREAKING story unfolding at the “Federal Bank” in Beirut: A man is holding staff/clients hostage, threatening to set himself on fire unless he receives his trapped savings to pay his dad’s healthcare costs so he can undergo a critical surgery!

Bambi’s sister, journalist Roula Douglas, attracted her attention to the following unfolding story: In French… https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1308254/prise-dotages-a-la-federal-bank-a-hamra.html In English… https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1308257/armed-man-holding-employees-and-citizens-hostage-in-hamras-federal-bank.html https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/291787-armed-man-demanding-savings-detains-staff-at-federal-bank-in-hamra In Arabic, with pictures and videos… https://www.annahar.com/arabic/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%87/11082022084808438 How SAD and how NOT surprising. Indeed, Bambi … Continue reading A HEART-BREAKING story unfolding at the “Federal Bank” in Beirut: A man is holding staff/clients hostage, threatening to set himself on fire unless he receives his trapped savings to pay his dad’s healthcare costs so he can undergo a critical surgery!