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Sources told the site "Sky News Arabia"The gunman insists on handing over the full amount to his brother, provided that he surrenders himself after the latter leaves the place.
The details of the hostage-taking operation in a Lebanese bank by a gunman began to become clear little by little, with more details emerging about the perpetrator, whose father suffers from a difficult health condition, and is demanding access to his money in the bank.
On Thursday morning, a Lebanese young man carrying weapons and flammable materials entered a bank branch "Federal Bank" In the street Alhambra The Lebanese capital BeirutHe demanded that he hand over his money and that he was in possession of a highly flammable substance, threatening to set himself and those in the branch on fire. He has fired 3 rounds of his weapon so far.
A relative of the hostage-taker told "Sky News Arabia"that "The man is called Basil Sheikh HusseinHe is 42 years old, and he has in the bank an amount of 209 thousand dollars, and his brother also has 500 thousand dollars".
He added that "The father of the gunman is very ill and needs treatment, and he is a resident of the Bir Hassan area in Beirut (the entrance to the southern suburb of Beirut)."He pointed out that the treatment of the father costs 50 thousand dollars over 3 years".
For his part, the media coordinator of the . Association said: "Depositors cry"To defend the rights of depositors in Lebanese banks, Moussa Agassi, for the website "Sky News Arabia"that "The members of the association went to Hamra to show solidarity with the person who is currently inside the bank".
Agassi explained that the young man who broke into the bank "He needs some money, and he already has $209,000, which is being held in the bank as a deposit, like other Lebanese".
And wished Agassi "Responding to the young man as with all Lebanese"Expecting more violence if the situation continues.
One of the depositors in the vicinity of the bank said to the website "Sky News Arabia": "The failure of the state and ignoring the problem of deposits will lead to similar events, and there are those who threatened suicide a few days ago".
Until now, negotiations are still going on between the bank’s administrators and the hostage taker.
In a video circulated on social media, two people are seen negotiating from behind the iron bank door with the depositor.
He appears nervously speaking, holding a weapon in one hand and a cigarette in the other, refusing to release any of the employees, while one of the negotiators asks him to allow the exit of two depositors inside the bank.
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Sources told Sky News Arabia that the gunman insists on handing over the full amount to his brother, and that he surrenders himself after the latter leaves the place.
The details of the hostage-taking operation in a Lebanese bank by a gunman began to become clear little by little, with more details emerging about the perpetrator, whose father suffers from a difficult health condition, and is demanding access to his money in the bank.
On Thursday morning, a Lebanese young man carrying weapons and flammable materials entered a bank branch.Federal Bank” In the street Alhambra The Lebanese capital BeirutHe demanded that he hand over his money and that he was in possession of a highly flammable substance, threatening to set himself and those in the branch on fire. He has fired 3 rounds of his weapon so far.
A relative of the hostage-taker told Sky News Arabia, “The man is called Basil Sheikh HusseinHe is 42 years old, and he has $209,000 in the bank, and his brother has $500,000.
He added, “The gunman’s father is very ill and needs treatment, and he is a resident of the Bir Hassan area in Beirut (the entrance to the southern suburb of Beirut),” pointing out that the father’s treatment costs $50,000 over 3 years.
For his part, the media coordinator of the “Depositors’ Scream” Association, to defend the rights of depositors in Lebanese banks, Moussa Agassi, told “Sky News Arabia”, that “the members of the association went to Hamra to show solidarity with the person who is currently inside the bank.”
Agassi explained that the young man who broke into the bank “needs a sum of money, and he already has $209,000, which is being held in the bank as a deposit, like other Lebanese.”
Agassi hoped to “respond to the young man as with all the Lebanese,” expecting more acts of violence if the situation continues.
One of the depositors in the vicinity of the bank told Sky News Arabia: “The state’s failure and ignoring the deposit problem will lead to similar events, and there are those who threatened suicide a few days ago.”
Until now, negotiations are still going on between the bank’s administrators and the hostage taker.
In a video circulated on social media, two people are seen negotiating from behind the iron bank door with the depositor.
He appears nervously speaking, holding a weapon in one hand and a cigarette in the other, refusing to release any of the employees, while one of the negotiators asks him to allow the exit of two depositors inside the bank.
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