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Crime & Punishment of Monday, July 8, 2019
Source: dailymailgh.com
2019-07-08
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A thief suspected of committing an armed robbery on a highway was shot dead by a civilian on the Atebubu-Kwame Danso Highway, in the municipality of Atebubu-Amantin, in the Bono area -Is.
The 23-year-old, suspected of being a Fulani people, was one of six suspected armed thieves who attacked and stole the occupants of four vehicles driving on the road that night.
The rest of his colleagues fled into the bush when they realized that their colleague had been killed.
Vehicles whose registration numbers have not yet been identified are two goods transport trucks and two SsangYong minibuses shuttling between Kumasi (Ashanti region) and Kajaji (Bono region) where they were attacked and stolen.
Police response
Bono Regional Police's Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Augustine Kinsley Oppong, also responsible for the Bono East and Ahafo areas, told the Mirror that the civilian had shot at the alleged chest .
Chief Inspector Oppong said that a victim had informed the police that one of the armed robbers who was wearing a red t-shirt over gray trousers was holding a thick stick and he ordered to lie down on the floor.
He added that when the police conducted a search of the crime scene, she saw a man, about 23 years old, presumably Fulani, wearing a red t-shirt on gray trousers. lying in a pool of blood, lying flat.
Chief Inspector Oppong said that a body examination had revealed pellet wounds on the chest, adding that items such as a phone and GH ¢ 72 money had been found on him.
He explained that a pair of sandals, a stick, a flashlight, two empty AA cartridges that would have been used by the thief were recovered.
According to Chief Inspector Oppong, members of the patrol team also said they heard two shots fired around the area. On the scene, some of the victims stated that the thief had died when a pbadenger on board one of the affected cargo trucks had shot him.
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