2 wounded in armed robbery at bank south of Beirut

Two clients were wounded Tuesday in an armed robbery at a branch of Societe Generale Bank Liban in Kfra Shima, south of Beirut. Security sources identified the injured as Zaher Ahmad Zaidan and Maroun Jerji. They were taken a local hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds to their legs. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Daily Star the armed men, wearing helmets broke into the bank around 1 p.m., shooting randomly at clients. A few minutes later, the mugs made off with approximately $50,000 and LL40 million, the equivalent of $76.6 altogether. They jumped onto a motorcycle they had parked outside and sped off in the direction of Hay al-Sillum in Beirut's southern suburbs, according to the sources.