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5 shot dead, 15 others injured in electoral violence
December 10, 2020 Sheila Abayie-Buckman,Director Police Public Affairs
Five people were shot dead and 15 others suffered injuries in violence nationwide during the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
The incidents,which were recorded between December 7 and 9, 2020, occurred in Central, Greater Accra, Bono East, and Northern regions.
The Director of the Police Public Affairs, Superintendent of Police (Supt)SheillaKessieAbayie-Buckman,who disclosed these in a statement,released to Ghanaian Times, in Accra, yesterday,said that the cases were under investigations.
She said the Joint Operation Centre of the National Security Taskforce has recorded 61 electoral and post-electoral incidents, adding that 21 of the incidents were electoral violence of which six involved gunshots, resulting in the death of five people.