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A team of police officers from the judicial police, intelligence and national operations departments was also sent to Tamale to support investigations into the murder of the peace officer.
This was contained in a statement issued in Accra yesterday and signed by the Director General of Public Affairs of Ghana Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police (ACP) David Eklu.
He added that all regional commanders had also been instructed to take additional measures to ensure the safety of the officers they deployed as well as members of the general public.
By order of the Acting Police Inspector General, Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh, North Region Police Commander, has appointed a Family Liaison Officer to provide counseling services to the police. family of the deceased policeman and the surviving police officers of the attack. .
Attack
Gunmen shot and killed a policewoman from the northern police command on the Tamale-Kumbungu road in the Sagnarigu district on Tuesday night.
The four men wore a mask and were dressed in a military camouflage paired with dessert boots on board a gray sedan.
They escaped with two rifles, one belonging to the deceased police officer and a colleague who stumbled and fell in his attempt to get into the shelter.
Corporal Agatha Nana Nabin (the deceased) was with two other police officers on duty that night at an instant checkpoint on the Tamale-Kumbungu road, near the Star Oil grading station, when the incident s & # 39; s 39 is produced.
arms
A source from the regional police crimes bureau who confirmed the incident at the Daily Graphic said at around 10:45 pm Tuesday, a gray sedan approaching the checkpoint was reported, but the vehicle occupants suspected armed robbers shot and shot Corporal Nabin, killing her instantly.
The source said that in the hope of sheltering herself, the other police officer on the team stumbled and fell with her gun, which had been apprehended by the men along with that of the deceased.
A third officer who had then covered the blanket fired at the thieves but they managed to escape into the car with both arms.
Evaluation
The source said that the commander of the North Regional Police and other officers went to the scene to badess the situation.
A used shell found on the scene was fired with a G3 rifle.
The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the University Hospital of Tamale (TTH).
Meanwhile, the police searched for the gunmen.
Emergency numbers
The police called anyone with information to inform nearby police stations or call the police emergency numbers at 0299200331, 191 or 18555.
"The Police Administration also rebadures the police and the public that it will do everything in its power to arrest the perpetrators of last night's murder and such other criminals in the country," he said. -he adds.
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