{"id":359762,"date":"2017-10-07T12:48:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T12:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=359762"},"modified":"2017-10-07T12:48:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T12:48:17","slug":"wassa-akropong-killing-4-chinese-arrested-14-cars-burnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=359762","title":{"rendered":"Wassa Akropong killing: 4 Chinese arrested, 14 cars burnt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested four Chinese nationals suspected to be involved in the shooting<\/strong><\/a><\/span> of a thirty year old\u00a0 \u00a0Ghanaian, Nana Boamah, a lotto operator at Wassa Akropong.<\/p>\n

This was confirmed by Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 source within the Police service in the Western Region.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Chinese, who fired the shot and three other Chinese who were at the Casino at the time of the incident, have been arrested by the police. They have been sent to the Asankragua District Police Command,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

The shooting, which occurred on Friday, caused a lot of chaos in the Wassa Akropong township.<\/p>\n

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Some burnt cars in front of a Chinese company<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”5eNFUHm836i69FJ87mSwRPni38Vz9iP9″]Eyewitnesses told Citi News<\/strong> that the incident\u00a0was triggered when a plumber who was hired by some Chinese nationals to undertake some services called on the deceased, as a witness, after the Chinese refused to pay the GHc150 he charged.<\/p>\n

During the confrontation, a gun brought out by one of the Chinese was seized by the two Ghanaians but a second gun was reportedly fired by the Chinese, killing the witness, Nana Boamah instantly.<\/p>\n

The incident angered the youth of the town who burnt and vandalized properties belonging to the Chinese nationals.<\/p>\n

14 vehicles burnt\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Police source also told Citi News<\/strong> that so far 14 vehicles\u00a0have been\u00a0burnt in the process.<\/p>\n

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\u201c14 cars too have been burnt down during the crisis last night,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n

Police relocate Chinese in Wassa Akropong over killing\u2019 of Ghanaian<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although calm has returned to the place, there is currently heavy Police and military presence in the area, whereas about 48 Chinese nationals have been relocated to safety<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The Western Regional Police Commander, DCOP Kwesi Duku and a team of other security personnel are visiting the town to assess the security situation.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested four Chinese nationals suspected to be involved in the shooting of a thirty year old\u00a0 \u00a0Ghanaian, Nana Boamah, a lotto operator at Wassa Akropong. This was confirmed by Citi News\u2019 source within the Police service in the Western Region. \u201cThe Chinese, who fired the shot and three other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":359794,"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":[10,11],"tags":[585,3,586,17,587],"class_list":["post-359762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider-1","category-top-stories","tag-chines","tag-ghana-news","tag-plumber","tag-wassa-akropong","tag-western-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359762","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=359762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=359762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=359762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=359762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}