[ 2015-11-23 ]

Violence in Cape Coast: Death toll rises to two
One more person has been confirmed dead in clashes
between some residents and the Police in Cape
Coast in the Central Region.

The residents believe the man whose name has not
been given yet, died of a gunshot wounds sustained
during the clashes with the police.

This was revealed at a closed door meeting between
residents of the town, the Cape Coast Traditional
Council, the Regional Security Council and the
Metro Security Council on Monday.

Some angry youth in Cape Coast had attacked the
police station in the area destroying dozens of
properties belonging to the police, Sunday.

The attack, according to the youth is to avenge
the death of one of their colleagues who died on
Friday after the police swooped in on them.

Reports say the police raided the community to
flush out criminal elements but one person died in
the exercise.

The attacks led to chaos and some disturbances in
the town, Joy News' Central Region correspondent
Richard Kwadwo Nyarko reported.

Some of the angry youth told Kwadwo Nyarko the
police assaulted the deceased person, Kwasi
Sabado, before putting him in custody.

He was later confirmed dead after he was rushed to
the Cape Coast Metro Hospital.

A meeting was called to resolve the dispute
between the two parties. The residents revealed at
the meeting that a gunshot from the police had
killed a second person.

Speaking to Joy News’ Richard Kwadwo Nyarko, the
Central regional Police Commander, DCOP Ransford
Moses Ninson, denied claims that the resident was
shot by the police.

According to him, the shot might have come from a
resident as some of them fired shots at the police
using their locally manufactured guns.

The bodies of the deceased persons have since been
deposited at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
morgue.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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