Adwumakase-Bomfa clash: Community disputes police claim of shooting in self-defense ghanavisions.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ghanavisions.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A clash between two communities in the Ashanti region, last Thursday, led to the death of one and the injury of another after a police officer fired live ammunition.
Residents of Adwumakase Kese in the Afigya Kwabre South District are however disputing claims the police officer fired in defence and want a full investigation into the shooting.
Alexander Owusu, known popularly as K. Owusu was hit by a shot fired by a police officer who had come to the community in the company of two others to make arrests in Adwumakase Kese.
The incident was preceded by disagreement over land boundary with the Bomfa community.
1 killed, cop injured over disputed boundary in A/R
ASP Godwin Ahianyo,Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer
One person has been pronounced dead while two civilians and a Police Sergeant sustained severe injuries as a result of a clash between the police and youth of Bomfa and Adwumakasekese over a boundary dispute between the two communities.
ASP Godwin Ahianyo, Public Affairs Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, stated at a press briefing that Sergeant Isaac Achampong and two of the youth sustained severe injuries, while Emmanuel Addae was pronounced dead as a result of fire exchanges between the police and the youth.
Ashanti Police probes shooting incidence at Adwumakaase-Kese LISTEN
FEB 27, 2021
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has launched full scale investigations into the shooting incident that led to the death of one person and injuries to many others at Adwumakaase-Kese in the Afigya-Kwabre South District.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Godwin Ahianyo, Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) told journalists in Kumasi that the police were investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting incident by the police officers detailed for duty in the area on that fateful day.
Some residents in the Adwumakaase-Kese was said to have clashed with police officers who had gone to the town to arrest some people alleged to have removed a billboard erected by Nana Kwaku Twumasi, chief of Bomfo on a disputed boundary between Adwumakaase-Kese and Bomfo, both in the Afigya-Kwabre South District.
Man shot dead at Adwumakase Kese in Ashanti Region over land boundary dispute ghanavisions.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ghanavisions.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.