A video has emerged of the bank heist that took place at Equity Bank outlet in Matuu on Tuesday, July 27, morning.
According to witnesses, three armed men attacked and disarmed police officers guarding the bank before accessing the banking premises and harassed employees and customers.
A security team, in response to alarm raised, arrived shortly after but the officers were repulsed by gunfire from inside the bank.
The whole robbery took about 10 minutes with the gang managing to get away with an unknown amount of money.
“All commanders be on high alert this morning at Matuu Equity Bank. We had a robbery where our officers were robbed of their firearms.”
“OCS Matuu is in hot pursuit. The robbers are on foot, they may use motorbikes to escape from our areas. Cascade the same to all officers on the ground,” read an alert released by the police.