Two Armed Robbers kill house help

A combined team of the Military and Police on Thursday night, arrested two men, suspected to be armed robbers after they have killed a house help at the residence of a Korean at Ashaiman, near Tema.

The two, Sefianu Yusif, a watchman and Osumanu Kanfodee, a scrap dealer, both from Ashaiman, are in police custody pending investigations.

Supt. George Appiah, Tema Regional Crime Officer, said at about 9.30 p.m., three armed men, including the two, entered the house of Ju-Ilsu, the Korean.

Kingsley Ago, the house help, aged 41, put up fierce resistance when the three demanded to see his master.

One of them who is on the run, pulled out a pistol and shot Ago in the head and the robbers rushed to the room of Ju-Ilsu and asked him to surrender all the money on him.

Supt. Appiah said for fear of his life, the Korean gave two million cedis to them and they left.

He reported the matter to the security officers, which went to the house, found Ago in a pool of blood and rushed him to the Tema General Hospital where he died.

The team later arrested Yusif and Kanfodee and when they were searched, a locally-made pistol, with a cartridge was found on them.

The police said two spent shells found in the house had a semblance of the cartridge.