{"id":114548,"date":"2015-05-07T16:52:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T16:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=114548"},"modified":"2015-05-07T17:16:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T17:16:15","slug":"volunteer-information-on-murdered-us-citizens-us-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=114548","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer information on murdered US citizens &#8211; US Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Embassy in Ghana has appealed to the residents of Akwamu Fie to assist the Ghana Police Service with information on the murder of the two American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Rt0kFZrEYHaPm0grXX6dHddHnBY6fxvS&#8221;]A statement from the Embassy said they have confidence in Ghana\u2019s rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>The Embassy expressed its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the victims, and added that it is in contact with family members provide the appropriate consular assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also noted that \u201cdue to privacy considerations, we have no further comment at this time. We refer you to local authorities for details on the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Police in Akosombo on Wednesday<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/05\/07\/police-exhume-bodies-of-2-murdered-african-americans\/#sthash.5ddWJcmT.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"> exhumed the bodies of two African Americans<\/a><\/strong><\/span> who were killed and buried by some unknown assailants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114552\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/police-500x3301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114552\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/police-500x3301.jpg\" alt=\"The spot where the two US citizens were buried\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/police-500x3301.jpg 500w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/police-500x3301-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The spot where the two US citizens were buried<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The victims had gone missing for some days. Worried neighbours later broke into their room and found blood stains on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The chief of the area subsequently dispatched a search party to help the Police find the victims.<\/p>\n<p>The victims are a 75-year-old woman identified only as Mamlena and 60-year-old Nzinga.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Embassy in Ghana has appealed to the residents of Akwamu Fie to assist the Ghana Police Service with information on the murder of the two American citizens. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Rt0kFZrEYHaPm0grXX6dHddHnBY6fxvS&#8221;]A statement from the Embassy said they have confidence in Ghana\u2019s rule of law. The Embassy expressed its deepest sympathy to the family and friends [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":114551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38,17],"class_list":["post-114548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-palaver-newspaper","tag-wassa-akropong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/114551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}