Assailants lobbed an explosive device at a bank in
Lebanon Saturday, in the latest attack on financial institutions in a country facing its worst economic crisis in decades.
The official National News Agency said the night-time assault targeted a branch of Fransabank in the southern port city of Sidon, damaging its glass facade.
The attack 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.