{"id":691974,"date":"2019-08-26T12:22:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T12:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p> <strong>The late Corporal Bernard Antwi <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preliminary\npolice reports in the killing of Corporal Bernard Antwi, 37, at Manso Abodom in\nthe Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region are indicating that the policeman\nmay "},"modified":"2019-08-26T12:22:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T12:22:32","slug":"policeman-was-killed-with-metal-not-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/26\/policeman-was-killed-with-metal-not-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Policeman Was Killed With Metal, Not Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p> <strong>The late Corporal Bernard Antwi <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preliminary<br \/>\npolice reports in the killing of Corporal Bernard Antwi, 37, at Manso Abodom in<br \/>\nthe Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region are indicating that the policeman<br \/>\nmay not have been shot as being claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Rather,<br \/>\nreports are indicating that he appeared to have been hit with a heavy object,<br \/>\nleading to his untimely death.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nAshanti Regional Police Command said yesterday that they had arrested five<br \/>\npeople in connection with the death of the policeman.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,<br \/>\na white pickup vehicle, registered AS 9116-15, in which the policeman was<br \/>\nkilled, had been impounded.<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto a top police source, there was not a single mark of gunshot wound on the<br \/>\nbody of the slain policeman.<\/p>\n<p>This<br \/>\ndiscovery is said to have come as a shock to the police hierarchy in Kumasi,<br \/>\nwho are still searching for clues as to what might have motivated the<br \/>\nassailants to take the life of the policeman.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nfresh reports are said to have also changed the direction of investigations by<br \/>\nthe Ashanti Regional Police Command.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corporal\u2019s Death<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cpl<br \/>\nAntwi was initially reported to have been shot dead by some armed robbers last<br \/>\nMonday at 7 pm.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nwas said to have closed from work in the Manso-Nkwanta area when he was killed,<br \/>\nwith his gun taken away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fresh Reports <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nsource said Cpl Antwi appeared to have been given a lift by some people on<br \/>\nboard a vehicle after work and on the way they supposedly hit the head of the<br \/>\npoliceman with a metal object.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\ndisclosed that the killers then dumped his body somewhere and absconded with<br \/>\nhis gun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have thoroughly searched the body but there is not a single mark of a gunshot so he was not killed with a gun. There are marks at the back of his head, giving a strong indication that he was hit with a metal object,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Corporal Bernard Antwi Preliminary police reports in the killing of Corporal Bernard Antwi, 37, at Manso Abodom in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region are indicating that the policeman may not have been shot as being claimed. 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