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Armed man demanding frozen deposits takes hostages at Lebanese commercial bank

Members of the Lebanese army secure the area near Federal bank in Hamra, Lebanon August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah

An armed man demanding deposits frozen by his bank took an unspecified number of hostages on Thursday at the Federal Bank of Lebanon, a security source said and Lebanese media reported.

Lebanese banks have limited withdrawals of hard currency for most depositors during the country's three-year financial meltdown, which has left more than three-quarters of the population poor.

(Reporting by Maya Gebeily; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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