Mob attack police and vandalise police station at Amoanda Praso

Amoanda Praso (E/R), Aug 26, GNA - Two police personnel and four civilians were severely injured when a mob attacked police personnel maintaining peace and order at Amoanda Praso in the Birim North District on Saturday.

The Police station in the town was also vandalised with property worth millions of cedis destroyed.

Constable Bright Appiah sustained wounds on the right arm and is on admission at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and Constable Daniel Kujo had a deep cut on his forehead and was treated and discharged at the Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital.

The injured civilians included Mike Kyei, who sustained gunshot wounds in the stomach and has been referred to the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, George Benneh, Esther Pinamang and Alex Amponsah, who sustained various degrees of injuries and are on admission at the Holy Family Hospital.

Briefing journalists at Amoanda Praso the Nkawkaw District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Amamoo, said about two weeks ago one Kwesi Nyamekye, a 23-year-old welder in Accra and a citizen of the town, died and when some family members consulted an oracle they were told that the deceased's mother, Madam Yaa Afi and stepfather, Opanin Sarkodie were the cause of his death.

He said during the burial and funeral rites last Saturday some of the youth attacked the couple, who rushed to seek refuge at the Amoanda Praso Police station.

Chief Superintendent Amamoo said as the three police personnel at the station could not contain the situation they sent the couple to Nkawkaw Police station for protection and asked for Police re-enforcement to maintain peace and order at the funeral.

He said when the mourners conveying the corpse to the cemetery got to the police station they abandoned the coffin and attacked the police personnel and tried to seize their riffles.

In the process, two riffles went off causing injuries to the police personnel and the civilians.

The District Police Commander said the mob entered the police station and vandalised the police property.

He said three people, including Yaw Frempong, the ringleader, Amo Tuffour and Thomas Prempeh have been arrested and are assisting the police in their investigations.

The chief of the town, Nana Opuni Kwagyan, III, expressed concern about the behaviour of the youth towards the police and appealed to the IGP not to close down the police station since assistance would be given to the police during investigations to bring those involved to book.