From Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi
A police patrol team last Monday night killed a suspected armed robber, while three other members of his gang managed to escape after a gun battle at Sepe-Doti, a suburb of Kumasi.
In their bid to escape, the robbers left behind one single-barrelled gun, a pump action gun with three cartridges and the vehicle they used in the operation.
The deceased, identified as Kwame Adongo and described by the police as a “notorious ex-convict”, died from multiple gunshots in the abdomen.
The body has since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue.
Briefing newsmen at the Regional Police Headquarters, the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Mr Kwaku Ayensu Opare-Addo, said the police received a message at 10.00 p.m. that some armed robbers had snatched a car from its owner, a student of the Winneba College of Education.
Mr Opare-Addo said when the police got to the scene, they signalled the robbers to stop but they refused and started shooting at the police, who also opened fired in retaliation.
The Regional Police Commander said in spite of the fact that the service was constrained in view of the forthcoming elections, “we still think of the society and the people and will deal with anyone who tries to create problems or rob others”.
He called on the public to provide information on the activities of robbers to enable the police to be on top of security.
In another development, Kasapa Telecom Limited has presented 20 mobile phones with GH¢100 airtime to the police in the Ashanti Region.
The Northern Sector Sales Manager of Kasapa, Mr Alex Opare Nyanteh, making the presentation, said the donation was to help the police to check crime, adding that no country could develop when robbery was at its peak.
The Regional Police Commander received the phones and thanked the donors for the support.
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