{"id":235146,"date":"2024-10-19T12:44:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T12:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/19\/one-dead-seven-injured-after-security-guard-opened-fire-on-locals\/"},"modified":"2024-10-19T12:44:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T12:44:48","slug":"one-dead-seven-injured-after-security-guard-opened-fire-on-locals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/19\/one-dead-seven-injured-after-security-guard-opened-fire-on-locals\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead, seven injured after security guard opened fire on locals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One person has been confirmed dead, and seven others injured after a security guard protecting an illegal mining site at Kunsu near Nyame Adom in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region opened fire on some locals on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The indigenes went to the site in search of gold deposits after the Chinese had closed their daily operations.<\/p>\n<p>However, a confrontation ensued between the security guard manning the area who tried preventing the locals from accessing the site.<\/p>\n<p>To scare them, the guard ended up shooting towards their direction, injuring eight people.<\/p>\n<p>One person, a 17-year-old, succumbed to the injuries when the victims were rushed to the Mankranso Government Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the victims have been referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for further treatment, while the others are still on admission at the local facility.<\/p>\n<p>Some angry residents also stormed the site and set one of the excavators belonging to the site owners ablaze.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1098778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kunsu-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"1040\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Police have begun investigations into the shooting, but no arrest has been made yet.<\/p>\n<p>The body has been deposited at the morgue.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly Member for the Nyame Adom Electoral Area, Felix Nkansah confirming the incident said, \u201cI went out of the house and was called about the shooting incident. Some of the locals usually go to these mining sites to get some gold nuggets when the owners of the concessions close their operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the females in the town went to this site to work after the Chinese had closed. The security guard was said to have fired towards their direction, and eight of them sustained gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made a follow-up to the Mankranso District Hospital where the victims were taken. One of the victims who is 17- years old died while on admission. I reported the incident to the police who visited the site and also conveyed the body to the morgue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo of the victims were referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for further treatment. I have never been to the site, but I know some Chinese operate there. They employed some locals to provide security. 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