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Lebanese beggar found dead with over a LBP 1.7 billion

18-5-2018

Al Mustaqbal today spotlighted the death of Fatmeh Uthman, the beggar who was found dead with a fortune of LBP 1.7 billion in her savings account. Fatmeh, 52, from the town of Ain Zahab, Akkar, is physically disabled, the newspaper wrote. At the age of 13, she left her family house (consisting of 9 children) to move to Beirut and start her career in panhandling. During a visit to her parents’ home in Akkar, Al Mustaqbal reporter discovered that the living conditions were very modest. And in an interview with her siblings, they said they knew their sister had cash but not a treasure, revealing that they found LBP 5 million in a bag inside her car-turned-home in Nouiri, and that there were rumors of additional bank accounts. To note, Fatmeh advised in her will that the money be used to build a mosque in her neighborhood. (Al Mustaqbal, May 18, 2018)

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