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What do you risk when you hold up a bank to claim your own money?

What are the potential legal repercussions for holding up a bank to retrieve your own money? Answers from some legal sources.

What do you risk when you hold up a bank to claim your own money?

Depositor Abed Soubra appears on a cell phone as he carries out a bank holdup in Beirut's Tariq al-Jadideh neighborhood on Sept. 16. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)

Armed with fake and real weapons alike, increasing numbers of angry depositors are trying to access their savings, which have been blocked in Lebanon’s banks since 2019.Five holdups took place on Friday, two on Wednesday and three others in recent...
Armed with fake and real weapons alike, increasing numbers of angry depositors are trying to access their savings, which have been blocked in Lebanon’s banks since 2019.Five holdups took place on Friday, two on Wednesday and three others in recent...