It is unclear why school authorities were keeping the weapons in the school.

Citi News understands that one of the suspects, the storekeeper of the school, and three others are in custody assisting investigations.

According to a Citi News source, the school’s storekeeper reported that he left the storeroom in the care of a Carpenter, a Painter and two sliding door moulders from Parkoso at about 10.30am on Thursday 11th January, 2018.

The source added that, the storekeeper had narrated that, when he returned to the storeroom the next day, he noticed that the weapons were nowhere to be found and that all efforts to trace them have been unsuccessful.

Manhyia Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Kwaku Buah, confirmed the arrests to Citi News.

He said “I can confirm what you have gone to find out from the school. As I speak to you now I am with the District Commander of Asokore Mampong and he has briefed me. For now I can confirm that four people have been arrested. I want to talk to all the suspects.”

Student deaths at KUMACA

The Headmaster of the school, Reverend Osei Owusu, declined to speak when Citi News contacted him on the matter, but did not deny the incident.

The Kumasi Academy was in the news recently following reports of student deaths that was eventually linked to an outbreak of the swine flu virus.

The students, teaching and non-teaching staff of the school were eventually vaccinated against the spread of the infection, and the Ghana Health Service has declared the virus over in the school.

For the whole of 2017, the school lost eight students.
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He attributed recent killings in some parts of the region, including Kalampor and Najong Number 1 in the East Gonja and Bunkprugu/Yunyoo districts respectively, to the proliferation of unlicensed weapons which the police administration has revealed, is on the rise.

[contextly_sidebar id=”WRkLGIf9X2JAwLN35BChRTVGOnnVlvV3″]Salifu Saeed gave the order when he led members of the Regional Security  Council (REGSEC), to the troubled Kalampor community where six persons, including three children, were killed by unknown assailants.

He condemned the recent killings and called for a ceasefire and the reinforcement of security personnel in all the identified hotspots.

Mr. Saeed, who doubles as the REGSEC Chairman consoled the bereaved families at Kalampor and reassured them of improved security.

The team inspected the homes and other valuables that had been destroyed by the unknown assailants, whose motive is suspected to be linked to a chieftaincy dispute in the area.

An opinion leader in the Kalampor community, Dramani Majeed, told the REGSEC members that the assailants stormed the area and sporadically shot into a number of houses.

“The perpetrators raided the community at about 5:10am on the day of the incident after they observed their dawn prayers. After the prayers I had a discussion with my uncle in the house and about time they realized a gunshot aimed at them and disclosed further that the bullet had hit his uncle and thereby he rushed to his room.”

He narrated further that, “After the first shot, there was continuous firing and one of his brothers also heard it and started moving towards his house and it was there a second person was shot dead. He added the perpetrators were firing all over the community.”

“It was there I decided to hide through the window and it was there I saw some of the attackers. They were in war dress and I saw one of them in police uniform but actually I can’t identify him. There were other two people among the attackers I identified; they were Mahamudu from Kafaba and Sulemana. In fact, the people were many and they were just shooting and in the process they set these houses ablaze,” he stated.

The REGSEC also visited the Kafaba community where the chief, Kafabawura Seidu Yahaya Nyosumu V rejected claims that the assailants were from the area.

“There are 10 communities under my jurisdiction and therefore it will be difficult to determine which individuals went to attack the people of Kalampor,” he said.

Kafabawura Seidu Yahaya accused the people of Kalampor of attacking the Kafaba community in 2016.

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DCOP Adusei Sarpong’s revelation followed the killing of four persons by unknown assailants at Najong number 1, a community in the Bunkprugu/Yunyoo district.

[contextly_sidebar id=”43eXdX04lU3SXejuE5W4Yd4RRF8aUsQx”]Addressing the media in Tamale, the police chief revealed that, “Police is aware that there are a number of unregistered weapons in the system, and day in day out people try to bring in more.”

He however allayed the fears of the public, saying, “Our intensification of searches at the various check points has served as disincentive for criminals, but there are people who are daring and would like to do everything possible to outwit the police. Be assured and I assure the public, that the police will do our possible best to make the region safer for law abiding citizens.”

DCOP Adusei Sarpong recalled the arrest of some six suspected arms smugglers by the Gambaga divisional command to buttress his point of proliferation of unlicensed weapons in the region.

“On the 8th December 2017 in the morning at about 10:00 oclock, Gambaga police arrested a Nissan patrol with registration number GE5433-16 with six passengers on board including a woman.”

“Upon a search conducted in the vehicle, six pump action guns with 130 BB cartridges were found in the car, and all the occupants were then arrested and brought to the regional police command for investigations.”

He said all the suspects have been transferred to the police CID headquarters for further investigations.

“In view of the seriousness of the case  especially with the recent use of weapons in Northern Region, the case is been transferred to the CID headquarters for further investigations. Forensic investigations need to be conducted on the weapons, and that is why the case has been transferred to the police CID headquarters.”

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Mr Trump assured Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that “America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100%”.

The missile flew east towards the Sea of Japan for about 500km (300 miles), South Korean officials say.

Mr Abe said the test was “absolutely intolerable”. Japanese officials say the missile did not reach its waters.

Speaking at a joint conference during a visit to the US, Mr Abe added that Mr Trump had also assured him that he was committed to “further enforcing our alliance”.

During his election campaign, Mr Trump said US defence commitments to Japan and South Korea were unfair and also called for Japan to pay the full cost of stationing US troops on its soil.

North Korea has conducted a number of nuclear tests in the past year that continue to alarm and anger the region.

Sunday’s launch took place at 07:55 local time (22:55 GMT Saturday) from the Banghyon air base in North Pyongan province on the west side of the Korean peninsula.

The missile reached an altitude of about 550km (350 miles), according to a South Korean official quoted by Reuters news agency, and appeared to be a Rodong medium-range missile.

In January, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned that his military was close to testing long-range missiles capable of reaching the United States and carrying nuclear warheads.

Mr Trump derided the claim in a tweet, saying: “It won’t happen.”

South Korea’s foreign ministry said that “North Korea’s repeated provocations show the Kim Jong-un regime’s nature of irrationality, maniacally obsessed in its nuclear and missile development”.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed the missile had not reached Japanese territorial waters, adding that Tokyo would make a “strong protest” to North Korea over the incident.

There has so far been no comment from North Korea.

On a visit to South Korea last week, US Defence Secretary James Mattis said that any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea would be met with an “effective and overwhelming” response.

He also reconfirmed plans to deploy a US missile defence system in South Korea later this year.

North Korea conducted its fifth test of a nuclear device last year, and claims it is capable of carrying out a nuclear attack on the US, though experts are still unconvinced that its technology has progressed that far.

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