No, persons were not shot during a bank robbery at Equity Bank in Nairobi West.

Claim

People shot in a bank heist at the Equity Bank in Nairobi West.

Rating Justification

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is False.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. On October 17, 2022, we contacted a police officer from Lang’ata, who verified that they had received the signal to the case and that three people were injured in the incident, two security guards and a client, and were rushed to Nairobi West Hospital. The assailant was also taken to Mbagathi Hospital, but died while being treated.

We also discovered a video published on NTV Kenya’s YouTube account on October 11, 2022, in which Langata police boss Monica Kimani acknowledged that four people were injured in the attempted robbery.

Evidence and References

Video of Langata OCPD Monica Kimani speaking about the individuals injured in an attempted robbery at the Equity Bank – Nairobi West branch

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