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Five separate banks were held up in Beirut on Friday as depositors attempted to repossess their money from a frozen financial system, three years into the crisis which has paralysed the country’s economy. Lebanon’s banks froze accounts in 2019 after the country’s financial meltdown, effectively trapping millions of Lebanese’s savings in the financial system. Parliament has long delayed passing a financial rescue plan or a capital control law which would allow depositors to potentially recoup some of their losses. Bank heists continued throughout Friday, one after the other, with one depositor …