Man who took hostages demanding his own money becomes public hero in Lebanon(theguardian.com)

45 pointsby red369قبل 4 سنوات4 comments

theguardian.com

Man who took hostages demanding his own money becomes public hero in Lebanon

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/11/gunman-takes-hostages-at-beirut-bank-to-try-to-free-his-trapped-savings

5 comments

antishatterقبل 4 سنوات

The bank situation in Lebanon is so fucked up it’s not hard to see why.

aaaaaaaaataقبل 4 سنوات

Government intervention into currency?

jl2718قبل 4 سنوات

Use banks. Ignore DLT. This could never happen in {$user_location}.

white_dragon88قبل 4 سنوات

markisusقبل 4 سنوات

This story is especially interesting, given the discussion happening over at the thread about a developer Tornado Cash being arrested.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32436413