The Lebanese army and security forces are investigating two attacks on banks in South Lebanon, after an explosive device detonated near a branch and a Molotov cocktail was tossed at an ATM.
Security sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that investigators were probing the two attacks.
Banks have been previously the target of attacks, which often involved political messages, based on the identity and affiliation of the people behind them.
Banking sources said that the messages behind last week’s assaults would be established after finding the perpetrators through security cameras.
The attacks came a day after Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Lebanese bank deposits had plunged $5.7 billion in the first two months of the year, despite curbs on withdrawals and a ban on transfers abroad.
An explosive device was tossed at the Fransabank branch in the southern port city of Sidon on Saturday night damaging its facade, the official National News Agency.
In Tyre, a number of young men attacked at dawn Sunday the facade of the Credit Bank with petrol bombs, causing material damage.
