Magic charms fails suspected robber

Mampong (Ash), March 25, GNA - A 26-year suspected armed robber at Ehiawoanwu near Asante-Mampong, who believed he had a magic charm to prev= ent bullets from penetrating his body and dared a friend to fire at him, ende= d up being killed.

Awal Baba dropped dead when his colleague, Alhaji Tanko, shot at him with a locally manufactured pistol on March 23.

They two had locked themselves in a room of one Baba Issahaku Abubaka= ri at about 1300 hours, in his absence, to test the potency of their juju. Tanko and Abubakari are now being held by the Asante-Mampong police. Police Chief Superintendent Oduro Kwateng, the Asante-Mampong Divisio= nal Commander, told the Ghana News Agency, that they found the deceased in a pool of blood with talisman, calabashes and other strange-looking items t= ied around the neck and waist.

Tanko had reported to them that Awal had killed himself but preliminar= y investigations had established that the two engaged in the ritual of shooting at each other anytime they were about to mount a robbery operati= on. He said they are continuing with their investigations.