{"id":24665,"date":"2014-06-13T17:23:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T17:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=24665"},"modified":"2014-06-13T17:23:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T17:23:50","slug":"police-intensifies-security-in-gbunpiri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/police-intensifies-security-in-gbunpiri\/","title":{"rendered":"Police intensifies security in Gbunpiri"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Northern Regional Police Command has deployed more personnel to Gbunpiri, the area where four people were\u00a0killed by armed robbers \u00a0on Thursday while transporting a bullion van.<\/p>\n
The four, two policemen, a banker and a driver of the East Mamprusi Community Bank, met their untimely death when armed robbers opened fire on them on seeing the bullion van approaching.<\/p>\n
According to the Police, the robbers allegedly absconded with the weapons of the policemen.<\/p>\n
They, however, left the money in the bullion van untouched.<\/p>\n
The Public Relations Officer of the Northern Regional Police Command ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, speaking to Citi News, <\/b>said that early reports indicate that the motive of the robbers was to kill the policemen and take their weapons and not to rob the bullion van.<\/p>\n
He revealed that a manhunt for the suspects was ongoing and that measures were being taken to assure that the security of other members of the police service in the area.<\/p>\n
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By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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The Northern Regional Police Command has deployed more personnel to Gbunpiri, the area where four people were\u00a0killed by armed robbers \u00a0on Thursday while transporting a bullion van. The four, two policemen, a banker and a driver of the East Mamprusi Community Bank, met their untimely death when armed robbers opened fire on them on seeing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":13204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[54,17],"yoast_head":"\n