Quick action by officers manning a bank in Nairobi West come in handy, after a lone knife wielding assailant attempted to forcefully obtain money from the bank’s operations manager.
In the Tuesday’s 11am incident that left employees and customers at Nairobi West’s Equity bank branch heavily shaken, the man identified as Boniface Ouma,29, stormed the banking hall after stabbing a guard severely on his back.
The guard from BM security was on routine duty conducting security checks on unsuspecting customers, when the man descended on his back with the sharp object.
The attacker went ahead to stab another man who was waiting to be served by a teller before he charged at the female operations manager, grabbed her and demanded for money while pointing the knife drenched in human blood at her.
The shocked manager raised alarm attracting the attention of police officers stationed at the bank, who were at the moment overseeing the delivery of a consignment of cash.
The battle-hardened officers based at AP’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) responded, ordering the man to drop the knife held precariously close to the manager’s jugular.
But the man determined to accomplish his mission did not budge and instead threatened to slit her throat open at the slightest provocation.
At this point, one of the officers whom would later be discovered has had served in various specialized commando units in the Administration Police Service, fired a shot trained at the assailant’s right arm, destabilizing him on the spot.
As the miscreant dropped on the ground writhing in pain, the officers quickly took charge of the situation and restored normalcy.
The victims of the attack whose bodies bore knife injuries were rushed to the Nairobi West hospital, where they were treated.
Meanwhile, the suspect was rushed to Mbagathi hospital where he was admitted, under police surveillance.
Source: DCI
