Police are hunting for a gang of about 12 who ambushed and
robbed a businessman of Sh7 million moments after he had withdrawn the money
from a bank along the busy Mama Ngina Street in Nairobi.
He had walked from where he withdrew the cash and was
delivering the same to a forex bureau on Koinange Street when he was confronted
by a gang on Friday at about 9.47 am.
The gang seemed to have been alerted and swung into action, grabbing the money and escaping on foot and in a waiting car.
Security cameras captured the drama, showing the group
running towards their target to cause confusion as the one who grabbed the
money jumped onto a waiting van and sped off.
The group seemed to have prior information on the money the
victim had before they struck.
Police suspect they trailed him from the bank. The victim
reported the matter to the Central police station, prompting a probe.
Some of the attackers escaped on foot as the confused
businessman raised an alarm in vain.
They had floored him as he walked with the cash using an
alley.
Police visited the scene and the bank as part of the probe
into the robbery.
This is the latest such incident to happen in recent
days, where people are attacked and robbed of cash moments after leaving banks.
Last week, another victim was robbed of Sh307,000 money he
was to pay construction workers in Kitengela.
He was robbed by people posing as police officers.
There was no immediate comment from the bank as officials said the matter is under probe.
Another man was robbed last week of nearly Sh1 million after
leaving a bank in Machakos Town. No arrests have been made so far.
Past investigations have linked such incidents to rogue bank
staff who leak information to thugs about transactions of their clients.
Investigations have also been linked to prior information
from the clients’ side to the attacks.
Other thugs stay in banks pretending to be customers with an
aim of noticing those withdrawing money for attacks, police say.
