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How Kenyan bank robbers walked away with Sh96 million mafia style

KCB Thika, where robbers stole 50million shillings photo [Photo: David Gichuru]
  • Six sharply dressed armed gangsters med history in Kenya 20 years ago
  • This is after they stole Sh96 million in a Nairobi bank in less than five minutes,
  • They stuffed the loot in three gunny bags without firing a single shot

Twenty years ago, six sharply dressed armed gangsters swaggered into a Nairobi bank and after five minutes, they casually walked out with Sh96 million stuffed in three gunny bags without firing a single shot.

At the time, this was a staggering amount that could be ten-fold now, going by the current inflationary rate.

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