By
Stephen Asante/Florence Afriyie Mensah, GNA
Kumasi, July 17, GNA – Seven suspected armed
robbers were on Tuesday afternoon gunned down by a team of personnel from the
Ashanti Regional Police SWAT Unit at Poano near Anhwiakwanta on the
Kumasi-Obuasi road.
The gun-wielding robbers, believed to belong
to a gang who killed the late Lance Corporal Daniel Tieku of the SWAT Unit,
last week (June 11, 2018), in one of their operations, were said to have
attempted to open fire on the police as they approached them.
However, they were outsmarted and the
well-armed police, who had mounted surveillance on the robbers, shot and killed
them in the process.
When the Ghana News Agency (GNA) got to the
premises of the Police Command, Kumasi, the blood-soaked bodies of the deceased
were being sent to the morgue for autopsy.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Akwasi
Mensah Duku, the Regional Police Commander, confirmed the incident to the media,
saying, the issue was under investigations.
Two pump action guns and an AK 47 assault
rifle, as well as a helmet, and other offensive weapons said to have been used
by the gang had been retrieved from the crime scene, and currently, in the
custody of the police.
The GNA gathered that, following the demise of
Lance Corporal Tieku, the police, had stepped up surveillance and intelligence
work as to the modus operandi of the gang, believed to be operating in the
area.
GNA