A man in Lebanon held employees of a bank hostage today, demanding to be allowed to withdraw money from his own bank account. Lebanon has set a limit on how much cash people can withdraw from their own bank accounts due to the ongoing financial crisis in the country. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.
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