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After heist, Lebanese activists promise more bank raids

A man sprays Arabic that reads: "Bank theft and prostitution," on the window of a bank that was attacked in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. An armed woman and a dozen activists broke into a Beirut bank branch on Wednesday, taking over $13,000 from what she says were from her trapped savings. Lebanon's cash-strapped banks since 2019 have imposed strict limits on withdrawals of foreign currency, tying up the savings of millions of people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) An ATM is covered with diesel fuel after it was vandalized by angry depositors who attacked a bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. An armed woman and a dozen activists broke into a Beirut bank branch on Wednesday, taking over $13,000 from what she says were from her trapped savings. Lebanon's cash-strapped banks since 2019 have imposed strict limits on withdrawals of foreign currency, tying up the savings of millions of people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) FILE - A Lebanese policeman stands guard next to a bank window that was broken by depositors to exit the bank after attacking it trying to get blocked money, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. A Lebanese activist group said they will continue to organize bank raids to help people retrieve their trapped savings. Activists from the Depositors' Outcry group made these remarks at a press conference on Thursday, after activists helped Sali Hafez retrieve $13,000 in her savings to help fund her sister's cancer treatment on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File) Lebanese policemen enter a bank from a window that was broken by depositors to exit the bank after trying to get their money, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. An armed woman and a dozen activists broke into a Beirut bank branch on Wednesday, taking over $13,000 from what she says were from her trapped savings. Lebanon's cash-strapped banks since 2019 have imposed strict limits on withdrawals of foreign currency, tying up the savings of millions of people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
After heist, Lebanese activists promise more bank raids