The Ghana police in Accra Tantra hills has gunned down two armed robbers at Ofankor
The Greater Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Afia Tenge shared with Citi News incidents that led to the shootout.
On September 29, 2020, around 10: 30 pm, a gentleman was attacked by two unidentified men on a motorbike on his way to his residence at Tantra Hills in Accra. The two who were on a motorbike chased him to the front of his gate. They then pulled a knife on him and ordered him to surrender every valuable on him. The riders sped off with the victim’s Samsung phone and GHS 800.00 cash. The victim immediately called on the Mile 7 police for assistance
The two were later spotted at midnight around the St. John’s Senior High School (SHS) on the Ofankor-Achimota Main Road. Upon seeing the police, one of the suspects pulled out a pistol on the police. The police however detected this earlier and gunned them down before he could pull the trigger
Police says
An immediate search on them revealed a pistol with 7 rounds of ammunition and some monies. The motorbike they used for the robbery was also retrieved.
The victim identified the two as those who attacked him earlier.
Similarly, a lady from Tantra Hill- Accra with a severe cut on her hand reported a robbery attack on her to that same night and identified the deceased persons as those who accosted her at the entrance of her gate and snatched her bag from her.
They inflicted the wound on her hand, took her bag and jumped on a parked motorbike and sped off.
The bodies of the two have been deposited at the Police Hospital mortuary for identification and autopsy as investigations continue.
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Source: Accra Police GH