Gunmen stole an unknown amount of money after storming Unaitas Bank Munungu Branch, Murang’a County.
The gang also went away with a firearm from one of the police who were manning the lending facility.
Officials said about Sh5 million was stolen.
Police said the incident occurred Saturday at around 9 am involving six thugs.
Police said two men who wore black private security uniforms pretending to be hawkers approached the two police officers who were manning the bank and started fighting them using crude weapons.
They were joined by other four thugs who were armed with AK-47 rifles.
One of the thugs shot on the ground near one of the police legs.
The other police, according to the police managed to remove pull out a G3 rifle loaded with a magazine and threw it in a nearby bush.
The other police were hit on the head by a blunt object prompting him to surrender his firearm[J61009] loaded with 20 AMMOS of 7.62MM.
Two thugs stormed the bank hall and robbed an unknown amount of money.
The thugs managed to escape using unidentified motorcycles.
The police launched a manhunt for the six.
This comes a few days after another gang attacked two police officers who were manning a roadblock and disarmed one of them.
On February 25, the gang accosted the two police officers near Njora Secondary School gates and after beating them, escaped with a loaded AK47 rifle.
The rifle is yet to be recovered.
Kigumo lawmaker John Munyoro noted security gaps in the constituent following the other attack two weeks ago that dared theft of a police gun in Njora.
“I have contacted security heads and an operation in pursuit of the six criminals. Who will protect the residents if even the police are not safe?” the MP paused.
He promised to raise the matter in the parliament to seek clear answers from the ministry of interior.
“This clearly indicates there are major security gaps that need to be addressed urgently. The Ministry of Interior must look into this matter holistically and address it with the seriousness and urgency it deserves.
