Two men are feared killed as gunmen attack a market in the Ashanti region

General news for Friday, October 30, 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2020-10-30

Details of an attack by four armed people on motorcycles in a market in the Ashanti region reveal that two people were killed.

According to Citi News, unknown assailants attacked the Alabar market in the metropolis of Kumasi on Friday, October 30, 2020.

“According to an eyewitness, the attackers were on motorcycles. He described the gunmen as thieves when he spoke to Citi News, ”the news portal reported.

The attackers are suspected of being armed robbers.

“Four armed robbers kidnapped all of Alabar. We all run away from our stores. I haven’t seen a single police officer here. They shot like four people. Two of them are dead, ”Citi News quoted the witness.

The injured people have been rushed to Manhyia Government Hospital, according to the report.

Meanwhile, in the same region, the executive director of the Sky Petroleum gas station in Asuadei in the southeastern district of Ahafo Ano, Alhaji Abubakar Sadick, was shot dead by unknown gunmen on Wednesday.

The incident occurred around 5:00 pm, reports indicate.

The four unmasked men allegedly broke into the gas station with pump action pistols and shot the CEO after a brief fight with them.

The gunmen took only the GHS350 sales they had made during the day, according to a fuel station worker.