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Dozens of people attacked several banks in Beirut in response to Lebanon’s economic crisis, breaking windows, setting fires and burning tires at five different locations, according to a dpa journalist. The protests were organized by the Depositers Outcry Association. The demonstrators are demanding a solution to the frozen savings in Lebanese banks. The current situation, which has been going on for years, is “unacceptable,” they said. One demonstrator on site shouted, “I have cancer and yet they don’t want to give me my money.” Lebanon has been in the worst economic crisis in its history sinc…

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