Police have not yet identified the alleged robbers killed

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has not yet identified the seven alleged thieves shot dead by police during a shooting in Poano, in West Amansie district. Tuesday.

Deputy Police Commissioner (DCOP) Kwesi Mensah Duku, the commander of the regional police, who informed him at a press conference on the incident in Kumasi, said that his team had opened a thorough investigation into the case in order to establish the identity of the alleged thieves.

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He said that a team of Regional Command policemen, acting on intelligence, launched an operation to foil an attack in the West Amansie area, following a similar attack that killed a police officer, Corporal Daniel Tieku on July 12th.

He explained that the deceased officer and another colleague, Lance Corporal Eric Nsiah, who were on operational duty in the area, were aboard a sprinter bus bearing the number of the deceased. AC registration 644-15, as well as other p

DCOP Duku stated that thieves, dressed as military and armed AK 47 rifles, attacked the bus at a location between Ayirebikrom and Agoroyesum [19659007]. , the two police officers as well as the driver, Silas Kwame Kusi and other pbadengers were seriously injured by bullets and transported to St. Martins Hospital in Agoroyesum, "he said.

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According to the regional commander, police on July 17, as part of his efforts to improve security, deployed men to the area. He said when arriving in Poano, a Toyota Corolla with registration number BA 294-15 and an unregistered motorcycle appeared in the direction of Manso-Nkwanta and they were told to stop but they ignored and started shooting. to police

The police, he said, also fought back and the seven unknown thieves, whose names were still dead, died in the exchange.

DCOP Duku stated that the Toyota Corolla, the two pump-action motorcycle, an AK 47 badault rifle, two locally manufactured pistols and four cell phones were recovered and presented to the regional command as exhibits.

He said that the bodies of the alleged robbers had been dropped at Komfo Anokye teaching. Hospital morgue for identification and autopsy.

In a related development, Asokore Mampong Municipal General Manager, Mr. Alidu Seidu called on police to conduct a thorough investigation into the case following complaints from families of three of the alleged deceased robbers that their parents were not armed robbers.

Seidu, speaking to reporters later, stressed the need to get to the bottom of things to determine the innocence or not of the three deceased suspects.

He urged the family and youth of the community to remain calm, saying that he would follow the case closely until he was brought to his logical conclusion.