Two persons are said to be in
critical condition following a confrontation between armed policemen at
Adwumakase Kese, a semi-urban community in the Afigya Kwabre South District of
the Ashanti Region Thursday.
The victims are receiving
treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after they were hit by bullets
while attempting to seize a service rifle belonging to one of the officers at
the scene close to a palace.
A third person who suffered a
minor injury was later discharged after receiving treatment at a health
facility.
The police had attempted to
rescue a linguist from Bomfa, another adjoining town who was allegedly under
attack by some angry youth from Adwumakase.
The victim, Nana Yaw Acheampong
reportedly led the team to arrest one of the suspects sparking outrage among
the youth who destroyed the windscreen of a service vehicle and injured an
officer in an attempt to free the suspect.
“The youth of Adwumakase Kese upon hearing the suspect’s
arrest suddenly organised and attacked the police, removed the suspect who was
in handcuffs and slashed the windscreen of the service vehicle”, witnesses say.
The officer who was seated in the service vehicle together
with the suspect, was also attacked and was slashed with a shovel on the back
of his neck”, another said.
Though the police are yet to give any comment the development
is said to have been linked to a boundary dispute.
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