![Bassam Sheikh-Hussein had taken at least six hostages — customers and employees — in a Federal Bank of Lebanon branch in Beirut. EPA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/HYBSKO3VU6GWZUMGJ25BUWEUBA.jpg?smart=true&auth=f457b42e812b6c5b350e02828ed401191d5328a0ff8fb2c0bbeef32378c83199&width=400&height=225)
Bassam Sheikh-Hussein had taken at least six hostages — customers and employees — in a Federal Bank of Lebanon branch in Beirut. EPA
Bassam Sheikh-Hussein had taken at least six hostages — customers and employees — in a Federal Bank of Lebanon branch in Beirut. EPA
Beirut bank hostage-taker: necessity made him a villain, instead he became a national hero
A hostage drama in Lebanon has created an unlikely hero for a public mired in economic crisis