Equity Bank has issued a statement confirming that robbers gained access to its Matuu Branch but denied that the vault was breached.
In a post on social media, Equity Bank revealed that no one had been injured in the Tuesday morning incident.
"Kindly note that we had a distress incidence today morning about unauthorized access into the banking hall of our Matuu Branch. Security agents led by local authorities are on the scene investigating the incident. Nobody was injured neither were the vaults accessed," the statement by Equity said.
Crowds gather outside the Equity Matuu branch earlier on Tuesday/Twitter
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The carefully worded statement does not mention if any money was taken from the banking hall.
Reports of a shoot out at Equity Bank Matuu Branch started filtering onto social media in mid-morning.
It was later reported that three armed robbers managed to disarm the police officers manning the bank before making their way into the banking hall.
A video later emerged on social media showing police back up attempting to breach their locked doors of the bank with gunshots reverberating.
The shootout lasted 15 minutes before the robbers escaped with an unspecified amount of money.
Police have embarked on a manhunt for the suspects of Tuesday's brazen robbery.
