One person has been killed in a highway robbery that occurred on the Atebubu-Kumasi highway.<\/p>\n
Some suspected armed robbers reportedly launched an attack on a vehicle plying the highway, and fired shots that hit and killed a prison officer leaving another injured.<\/p>\n
A local reporter with BA News, Frank Aboagye, told Citi News<\/strong> the incident took place around 5.15am on Monday [March 7, 2017] between Amantin and Akokoa.<\/p>\n He said the injured prison officer was subsequently taken to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for treatment, where he later died.<\/p>\n Some of the passengers said the armed robbers made away with the uniforms of the prison officers and a pistol.<\/p>\n The former District Chief Executive of the Atebubu-Amantin district, Eric Osei, who was also a victim, said his money and a mobile phone was taken away by the robbers.<\/p>\n A formal complaint has since been made at the Atebubu police station, which has commenced investigations to arrest the perpetrators of the crime.<\/p>\n The police in the Brong Ahafo Region say they are yet to make any arrest.<\/p>\n The Atebubu District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Joseph Atsu Dzinaku, told Citi News\u00a0<\/strong>his outfit is working tirelessly to arrest the culprits.<\/p>\n “Now, the police is doing its best to ensure that sanity prevails on the road. We are on the roads now; some names have been mentioned and we are working on those names but so far no arrest has been made yet,” he said.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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