Three suspected robbers have been confirmed dead following the exchange of gunshots during a shootout in a bush along Anwiankwanta and the Jacobu Junction in the Ashanti Region on the eve of Christmas.
They were pronounced dead after being taken to the Bekwai Municipal Hospital following the clas with police.
The dead robbers were part of a gang of five with two currently on the run.
The dead have been identified as Seidu Issah, 29, Musah Yakubu, 35 and Yahaya Munkaila a.k.a. Tijani, 25. Their bodies have been deposited at the morgue awaiting autopsy.
“An investigation is underway, and efforts are being made to apprehend the accomplices and retrieve the guns,”
A police statement about the incident on said the command got call of ongoing robbery attack in a bush near Anwiankwanta on December, 24.
“An intelligence-led operation was conducted, and the team deployed four service vehicles that raided the converging place in a bush near Anwiankwanta.
“The team on arrival spotted about five young men with guns. The gang on seeing police opened fire and attempted to escape through the bush. The police tactically returned fire, and three suspects sustained gunshot injuries but the other two with suspected gunshot wounds managed to escape,” the statement indicated.
