{"id":679405,"date":"2019-08-12T18:51:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T18:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p>A 59-year old\nEducationist in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Mr Donatus Kumah met his\nuntimely death last Saturday dawn in a robbery attack at his residence at Anaji\nQueen of Peace in the metropolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former\nWestern Region C"},"modified":"2019-08-12T18:51:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T18:51:06","slug":"educationist-59-killed-in-takoradi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/12\/educationist-59-killed-in-takoradi\/","title":{"rendered":"Educationist, 59, Killed In Takoradi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A 59-year old<br \/>\nEducationist in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Mr Donatus Kumah met his<br \/>\nuntimely death last Saturday dawn in a robbery attack at his residence at Anaji<br \/>\nQueen of Peace in the metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>The former<br \/>\nWestern Region Coordinator of the Integrated Community Centre for Employable<br \/>\nSkills (ICCES) was shot dead by armed robbers at about 3am on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Recounting<br \/>\nthe unfortunate incident, a stepson of the deceased, Theophilus Cromwell who<br \/>\nwas also in the house, said he heard a loud cry from the deceased room<br \/>\nfollowing a gunshot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile<br \/>\nrunning towards the room I saw the shadow of the assailant who was escaping<br \/>\nfrom the scene, only to meet my stepdad staggering out of his room with blood<br \/>\noozing from his chest\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI quickly<br \/>\nraised an alarm and a co-tenant came to help my father into his car\u201d he added<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately<br \/>\nMr. Kuma died on the way to the hospital. Nothing was stolen from the scene,<br \/>\nTheophilus indicated.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> gathered<br \/>\nthat before the attack on the house of Mr. Kumah, there were robbery attacks on<br \/>\ntwo separate houses in the same neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>According to<br \/>\nthe first victim, 29-year-old Adelaide Parker, at about 2am,\u00a0she was<br \/>\nawoken by a guy who pointed a gun to her head.<\/p>\n<p>She said she<br \/>\nwas warned not to shout or she would be killed. The armed robber demanded money<br \/>\nand other valuables.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Parker<br \/>\nsaid the robber took away three Samsung\u00a0phones and an amount GH\u00a2400.00.<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide<br \/>\nParker explained there was a similar attack on them in April this year but that<br \/>\nwas not successful.<\/p>\n<p>The paper<br \/>\nalso learnt that there was another unsuccessful attack on one of the houses in<br \/>\nthe vicinity due to the inability of the robbers to break through the sliding<br \/>\nwindows.<\/p>\n<p>John Davis,<br \/>\nassemblyman for Anaji Electoral Area expressed his surprise because security<br \/>\nwithin the area had been calm although\u00a0previously there had been incidents<br \/>\nof break-ins but not to the extent of shooting somebody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is<br \/>\nvery unfortunate but I believe it is a wake-up call for all of us as residents<br \/>\nto come together to strengthen our private security\u201d, the assembly man who<br \/>\nis also the presiding member for Effia-Kwesimitsim Municipal, noted.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Western Regional Police Command has already commenced investigations into the robbery attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 59-year old Educationist in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Mr Donatus Kumah met his untimely death last Saturday dawn in a robbery attack at his residence at Anaji Queen of Peace in the metropolis. 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