There was drama in Kisumu after suspected bank robbers raided Equity Bank in Kisumu along Ang'awa street.
Gunshots rented the air as police went after the suspects.
However, they managed to escape.
Confirming the incident, Nyanza Regional Commissioner Magu Mutindika has told K24 digital that the alleged incident occurred at around 11:30 am.
He said the suspect lobbed tear gas canisters to customers who had come to access bank services with the majority being parents who were paying for their children school fees as they were returning to school from half-term break in order to scare them away.
"After some time, one of the suspects went to one of the tellers who was a lady with a note instructing her to give them sh100,000 stating that they were four people," he said.
The police boss informed us that the lady got scared since the suspect told her that if she does not give them the money they would kill her.
He said that they have since launched investigations into the matter and that they are going to do a thorough search and if they find anybody guilty, they are going to take action.
He also said that they are going to get access to the CCTV camera with their multi-agency team to check the kind of people who were coming in the bank between 9:00 am to the time the incident occurred.
Mutindika said they managed to take all those people who were inside the bank to Central police station to aid them with the investigations.
"We have also been able to find a shirt which was abandoned in the bank and we suspect that it is belonging to one of the suspects," he said.
He added that they suspect that if they find the owner of the shirt, he will be able to give them more information.
"We have since taken this matter seriously and we are going to handle it step by step and we are also going to ensure that we do charge innocent people," he said.
