Suspected armed robber shot dead in Asafo, Kumasi

Kumasi, Oct. 30, GNA- A suspected armed robber was on Tuesday morning shot dead while two others and a policeman sustained serious gunshot wounds in Asafo, Kumasi.

This was when armed robbers engaged the police in a fierce gun battle at the Adom Mmoroso Cold Store Limited.

The robbers, believed to be between the ages of 18 years and 20 years old, arrived at the store in a Nissan Primera taxi cab and started shooting indiscriminately in an attempt to rob the Company. Police on duty at the Company's premises were said to have returned fire and in the process one of the robbers was shot dead. Two other robbers and a policeman on duty sustained various degrees of gunshot wounds.

An eye witness told GNA at the Company's premises that around 1030 hours the armed robbers arrived at the Company's main gate in vehicles. He said two of them entered the sales point and demanded money from the cashiers, while the others in the vehicle began shooting indiscriminately to scare traders and onlookers in the area. He said one of the cashiers, who was afraid, decided to hand over the cash, adding that one of the robbers shot the policeman on duty at the cash point on the arm and he returned fire killing him instantly. The eyewitness said traders, who had gone there to transact business, ran helter-skelter with some leaving behind their monies and other valuables.

He said the other robbers managed to escape in the waiting vehicle amidst shooting.

A police source confirmed the robbery to the GNA and said the vehicle, which was used by the robbers, had been impounded while the body of the robber had been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital mortuary. The source said the police retrieved five locally made pistols from the impounded vehicle and that investigations were ongoing.