Update: Asawase Youth Set Police Station On Fire

The Police station at Asawase in Kumasi in the Ashanti region has reportedly been set on fire by rampaging youth of the Asawase community.

A military team has been dispatched to the area to quell the mounting tension between the youth and the Police.

A police officer has been injured and rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for treatment, Ultimate FM’s Isaac Bediako Justice has reported.

The chaos follows the shooting and killing of some seven suspected robbers by the Police on Tuesday. Relatives and members of the New Patriotic Party in the region have claimed the suspects were not robbers as claimed by the Police.



However, the Ashanti Regional Police Commander DCOP Akwasi Duku at a press briefing Wednesday parried criticism that the police unlawfully killed the suspects who were shot near Anwiankwanta in the Bekwai Municipality.

According to him, the deceased, whom police claim were believed to have killed L/Cpl Daniel Tieku attached to the SWAT unit and wounded L/Cpl Eric Nsiah, were all killed in a gun battle, fighting the police.

Addressing the media at the regional police headquarters, DCOP Duku insisted that officers do not carry out arbitrary or unlawful killings as the deceased persons were members of the armed robbery group that attacked the police officers and some passengers onboard a Sprinter bus with registration number AC 644-15.

He explained that the suspects first opened fire on the police after they ignored the signal to stop while onboard a Toyota Corolla with registration number BA 294 -15 and an unlicensed motorbike.

Source:Starrfmonline.com