[ 2017-01-20 ]

One shot, three missing in robbery attack in Bole
Gunmen believed to be armed robbers attacked and
injured illegal mining operators at Gbulimpe in
the Bole -Bamboi district Friday dawn, a victim of
the attack told Ultimate news.

According to the victim, Tianye Samuel, who is
currently at the Bole hospital, three other
persons have gone missing after the robbers opened
fire on them.
He said he was shot five times in the leg whiles
fleeing from the robbers who had laid ambush, but
does not know the fate of his friends.

“We went to the bush with our machines to
discover gold with three of my friends, on our way
home, we met these armed robbers who started
shooting at us, we started running and they shot
my leg five times but my friends ran away,’ he
narrated. to Ultimate News’ Eliasu Tanko.

Incidents of armed robbery attacks on local miners
in the area and road users is on alarming increase
forcing residents to stockpile arms for defence,
spokesman for Gonjaland Youth Association said.

Police in the area have been accused of conspiracy
for failing severally to quell the attack or
arrest the perpetrators, a charge they denied.

The police responding to the allegation also
blamed insufficient vehicles for their inability
to head off the armed robbers.

Several people have been robbed and killed by the
robbers who have consistently outsmarted the
police.

Source - ultimatefmonline.com

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