{"id":22275,"date":"2014-06-03T15:38:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T15:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=22275"},"modified":"2014-06-03T15:46:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T15:46:54","slug":"two-killed-by-armed-robbers-in-cr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/two-killed-by-armed-robbers-in-cr\/","title":{"rendered":"Two killed by armed robbers in C\/R"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two people\u00a0were reportedly killed by armed robbers\u00a0on the main Cape Coast- Assin Fosu road on Monday.<\/p>\n
Speaking to an eyewitness, Citi News<\/strong> Central Regional correspondent Kwamena Bamfo Adjei gathered that a gang made up of six men set up barricades on the Assin Edubiase and Assin Nkwanta road, blocking the vehicles and attacking them.<\/p>\n Passengers in over fifteen commercial vehicles were reportedly robbed of their possessions, including money and phones.<\/p>\n According to the eyewitness, one of \u00a0the deceased was shot because he refused to comply with the robbers demand\u00a0for money.<\/p>\n A driver of an articulated truck, presumably on seeing the shooting, drove through the barricades the robbers had set up.<\/p>\n The second man, who was driving behind the truck in a private car, tried to follow suit, but was shot dead in the process.<\/p>\n The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, Mr Raymond Asaba told reporters that investigations into the situation were still ongoing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two people\u00a0were reportedly killed by armed robbers\u00a0on the main Cape Coast- Assin Fosu road on Monday. Speaking to an eyewitness, Citi News Central Regional correspondent Kwamena Bamfo Adjei gathered that a gang made up of six men set up barricades on the Assin Edubiase and Assin Nkwanta road, blocking the vehicles and attacking them. Passengers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":10657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[17],"yoast_head":"\n