{"id":445712,"date":"2017-12-11T07:11:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/market-day-terrorism-as-gun-firing-bikers-leave-four-dead\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T07:11:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:11:08","slug":"market-day-terrorism-as-gun-firing-bikers-leave-four-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/market-day-terrorism-as-gun-firing-bikers-leave-four-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Market day terrorism as gun-firing bikers leave four dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 11 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/92401182.295.jpg\" alt=\"Burnt Bike\" title=\"Burnt Bike\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File photo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512976268_187_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> At least four people were killed after armed men on motorbikes opened fire in an open market last Sunday in a village at Bunkurugu\/Younyoo district of the Northern region.<\/p>\n<p>At least five more were critically injured including an 11-year old boy and a 14-year old girl in the attack at Najong Number 1.<\/p>\n<p>A resident, Bagbin Yobat, told Joy News, panic broke out after loud gun shots was heard in the village while people were going about their business at after 5pm on the Sunday market day. &#8220;They didn&#8217;t know what was happening. Other people thought it was a knock-out that children play with&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don\u2019t know where the people came from. We don&#8217;t know who they were targeting. They just came and started shooting&#8221; he said. The assailants immediately left while the injured were taken to Bindi and Nalerigu Baptist hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The police and military are patrolling the area following the attack. The attack comes three days after the Police in Gambaga, in the East Mamprusi District of the Northern Region intercepted the transportation of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>The police during the Friday morning arrest found in a Nissan patrol vehicle, six pump action guns and 130 cartridges. 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