{"id":364654,"date":"2017-10-24T11:56:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T11:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=364654"},"modified":"2017-10-24T11:56:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T11:56:07","slug":"police-exchange-gunfire-with-robbers-at-suhum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/police-exchange-gunfire-with-robbers-at-suhum\/","title":{"rendered":"Police exchange gunfire with robbers at Suhum"},"content":{"rendered":"
There was a heated gun battle between the police and a group of suspected armed robbers in the Eastern Region at dawn on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred after the gang tried to rob a faulty Kumasi-bound trailer at Omenako, a town in the Suhum Municipality.<\/p>\n
Two suspects \u2013 17-year-old Owusu William, and Yeboah Emmanuel\u2014were among the gang of robbers who tried to rob\u00a0a diesel trailer with registration number GR – 221- W, loaded with assorted goods\u00a0from Accra, and headed for Kumasi.<\/p>\n
The robbers, who were in two vehicles, a Ford Fuso and Ford sprinter with registration numbers GT-3371- 13, and AS-3801-13 respectively, allegedly attacked the trailer when it developed a mechanical fault at Suhum Omenako on\u00a0 the main Accra-Kumasi Highway.<\/p>\n
The Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, who confirmed the incident to Citi News<\/strong>, said one of the suspects, Owusu William, sustained gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the two suspects have been arrested, whilst the others are at large.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Neil Nii Amatey Kanarku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There was a heated gun battle between the police and a group of suspected armed robbers in the Eastern Region at dawn on Tuesday. The incident occurred after the gang tried to rob a faulty Kumasi-bound trailer at Omenako, a town in the Suhum Municipality. Two suspects \u2013 17-year-old Owusu William, and Yeboah Emmanuel\u2014were among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[3,1506,519,738],"yoast_head":"\n