[ 2012-06-19 ]

Police investigate highway robbery on two metro mass buses
Police in the Western Region are on the lookout
for armed robbers who staged a highway robbery on
the Asankragwa-Bawdie road yesterday.

The armed robbers who are said to be seven in
number attacked several vehicles including two
metro mass buses and took away thousands of cedis
and other valuables belonging to the passengers.

The unidentified robbers shot the driver of one of
the metro mass buses and a woman and severely beat
up those who resisted. The police say there were
as many as a hundred victims.

Western Regional Crime Officer, Chief
Superintendent, James Kofi Abraham told Joy News
they’ve intensified their patrols on that stretch
of the road despite the challenges.

He said the long distances between the towns on
the road make patrolling a herculean task.

The passengers on the buses were mainly market
women who were travelling to transact business.

The injured are said to be responding to treatment
at the Wassa Akropong Government Hospital.

Source - Joy News

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