The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has disclosed how they stopped a knife-wielding assailant who attempted to obtain money from the bank’s operations manager.
In the 11:00 am incident that left employees and customers at Nairobi West’s Equity bank branch heavily shaken on Tuesday, October 11, 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 knife.
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 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.
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The officers based at AP’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) responded with exasperation, 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 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 attended to in fair condition.
Meanwhile, the suspect was rushed to Mbagathi hospital where he was admitted, under round-the-clock guard.
