{"id":336230,"date":"2017-07-13T14:44:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T14:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=336230"},"modified":"2017-07-13T14:44:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T14:44:40","slug":"lapaz-armed-men-shoot-two-police-officers-steal-car-in-broad-daylight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/lapaz-armed-men-shoot-two-police-officers-steal-car-in-broad-daylight\/","title":{"rendered":"Lapaz: Armed men shoot two police officers, steal car in broad daylight"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Police Service is on a manhunt for two armed men who shot two officers in broad daylight at Lapaz in Accra.<\/p>\n
The criminals were said to be on a robbery mission in the area but shot the policemen \u00a0to prevent the officers from thwarting their operation.<\/p>\n
Citi News<\/strong> gathered that the incident occurred at about 1 pm around a popular restaurant in the area, Las Palmas.<\/p>\n Some eyewitnesses said the robbers were on a motorbike when they carried out the shooting and subsequently stole a vehicle from a motorist before speeding off towards Kasoa.<\/p>\n The Police Service is yet to formally react to the development. The condition of the shot officers remains unknown.<\/p>\n Barely a month ago, a\u00a0Policeman believed to be in his 30s was shot dead<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by two armed men. The officer, Michael Kporye, was shot in the face and in the chest at Tulaku near Michel Camp, in the Greater Accra Region.<\/p>\n Suspected armed robbers have shot and wounded a Police officer at Akwansrem in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n A few weeks later, Lance Corporal Kwaku Mensah, who was stationed at Anwiankwanta in the Bekwai Municipality, sustained several gunshot wounds when gunmen attacked<\/strong><\/a><\/span> a vehicle he was traveling on.<\/p>\n The vehicle was attacked by gun-wielding robbers\u00a0who attacked the vehicle at about 10 pm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Police Service is on a manhunt for two armed men who shot two officers in broad daylight at Lapaz in Accra. The criminals were said to be on a robbery mission in the area but shot the policemen \u00a0to prevent the officers from thwarting their operation. Citi News gathered that the incident occurred at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[3712,3,6535],"yoast_head":"\n